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Blue Full Moon

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7. Why corporations want them.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 01:20 PM

Sunday

No sick days. No vacation. The thing the idiots haven't figured out yet. Who's going to be able to buy their garbage? Robots don't eat hamburgers. Tax the robots and AI and everyone gets a living wage.

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