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Yep

And they expect to be the last ones standing. If they lose their jobs to AI they will not understand why no one has any sympathy for them

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Remember when the technologists and the media told blue collar workers to "learn to code" [to adapt to the digital economy] and then when layoffs hit media and other white collar jobs those blue collar workers turned the phrase against those people?

That has been one of the most unkind retorts used to suppress discussion around improving the lives of blue collar workers in the 2010s in relation to the US.

When you're doing 12+ hours of back breaking work, and potentially some commute, etc. doing anything else other than resting and consuming some "easy" entertainment is all that you have energy for.

I think they will understand, but it will be a new perspective.

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