I think this is the big point that we, as a society, are missing.
Take a look at Walmart greeters. Why does that job exist? It's pretty much worthless. Now look at who works the job: elderly people past retirement age, physically disabled people, mentally disabled people.
Physical laborers often work a physical labor job for a reason. There's a reason they didn't go to college and sit at a comfy desk writing shitty websites.
It's not as simple as "oh those people can just work another job!" Extrapolate this out. Say we eliminate all physical jobs; how many millions of people will be left behind? What happens to them? Do they die?
I agree, but these measures are extraordinarily unpopular with the American public. They won't be forever, but until then, we HAVE to keep around "useless" jobs.
UBI supported by a tax on robot labor might really be the way to go. With the speed that automation is developing, I might see it in my gen-X lifetime.
Take a look at Walmart greeters. Why does that job exist? It's pretty much worthless. Now look at who works the job: elderly people past retirement age, physically disabled people, mentally disabled people.
Physical laborers often work a physical labor job for a reason. There's a reason they didn't go to college and sit at a comfy desk writing shitty websites.
It's not as simple as "oh those people can just work another job!" Extrapolate this out. Say we eliminate all physical jobs; how many millions of people will be left behind? What happens to them? Do they die?