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Flaxbee

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2. My husband visited Chinese manufacturers about 15 years ago, and then about 5 years ago ...
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 01:18 PM
Jul 2012

15 years ago, the floor was covered with workers. Most recent visit, there were maybe 10 people overseeing the robots, machinery, etc.

Computer are machines, so to speak. Any way you look at it, humans are being substituted.

And really - what the heck are we going to do when unemployment reaches 30% or more?

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