Unemployment. Honest debate.

[Jaysyn]

When you have a machine that takes 100 jobs, what 100 jobs get created? See my point? With population still rising, is this not a significant issue to be addressed?

This is the central tenet of Ludditieism, & has been around as long as we have had steam powered manufacturing.

Example. All hypothetically but I think truth is in it.

It takes one man 1 hour to build 1 toy car.
It takes one machine 1 hour to build 10 toy cars.

Just don't forget that someone still has to:

1.) Design that machine.
2.) Build that machine.
3.) Sell that machine.
4.) Transport that machine.
5.) Service that machine.
7.) Provide power for that machine.
8.) Know how to operate that machine.

I don't think it's quite as bleak as you think.

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So American minimum wage labor who just stand there and breath would be of truly embrassing inferiority compare to the Chinese labor who turn out Ipads for the same pay.

So where do we draw the line? Happiness in Slavery?

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Libertarians absolutely LOVE this sort of stuff.

Personally I don't. Most would say that the state should be setting the minimum wage (like quite a few do already). I personally don't know any libertarians that think the idea of a minimum wage should be abolished.