• DogWater@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    That’s true until it isn’t. Automation is on its way. Marching ever onward.

    The factory I work in built a new building this year that employs 1/4 of the workers as the next newest one and does 2.5x the output.

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      10 minutes ago

      You still need loaders, drivers, retailers to get anything to the customer. A lot of rich ski and holiday towns can’t staff the stores and Cafe’s, because the employees can’t afford to pay rent in the same towns, so they face a similar issue…