Comment on Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year agoYes, as I said, you and others are justifying Amazon putting profit over people.
I have asked this multiple times: What exactly are those thousands of delivery drivers supposed to do when Amazon fires them all for not being “optimal?”
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think that UBI is an obvious place to start, and I think it should give them the freedom to pursue something they actually want to do. Automation is coming for all of our jobs, but you seem to be fixated on irrationally protecting those jobs instead of taking steps to ensure that automation actually benefits all of us.
In your ideal world, are there really still delivery drivers?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Shouldn’t we maybe implement the UBI first, then fire all the delivery drivers? Because otherwise, I’m seeing a huge increase in the homelessness crisis.
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, we should. I just think that only happens when enough of us won’t shut up about UBI, not when we won’t shut up about how we shouldn’t use drones for delivery drivers even if they’re superior.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I would think avoiding mass unemployment before UBI is implemented because Amazon wants to save money is “optimal.”