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From: rstevew@armory.com (Richard Steven Walz)
Subject: Re: Does Automation Take Jobs Away?
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Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 06:20:42 GMT
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In article <31k6ke$e8r@goudron.gel.ulaval.ca>,
Russell Holmes <rholmes@etu.gel.ulaval.ca> wrote:
>lundberg (lundberg@expert.cc.purdue.edu.) wrote:
>: I am a student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.  I am
>: doing a research project on Automation.  Any opinions on the following
>: points would be very much appreciated.
>
>: 1.  Does Automation Take Away Jobs from Blue Collar Workers?
>: 2.  What should be done with these workers after automation is
>: implemented?
>
>	Here's my $00.02 worth. Automation does displace workers. It was the
>displacement of workers that was one of the root causes of communism. Pure
>capitalism displaces workers at will. A lot of our social programs are the
>result of a onetime fear that communism might win the ideological battle in
>the 50's. It lead to a softening of capitalism. But now, with communism
>dead, there's no ideological restraining force. Fasten your seatbelts. We're
>in for one rough ride!
----------------------------
Think a bit further. If the USSR had not had a USA to be threatened by,
they could have built the kind of communism the Soviet Constitution
envisages. Read it sometime, it is even more touching than ours (USA). Now
that "COMMUNISM!" is gone, capitalism won't have it to fear, and won't have
it to shake its fist at to try to bully its OWN people out of social programs
and reforms. They won't be so easy to dismiss by trying to imply that they
are "UNAMERICAN!!!", and they won't put up with that crap. They stooped to
conquer! All will be the winners. The Russian people and others haven't
forgotten free medical care and virtually free housing and no unemployment!
They won't be OUR enemy, but our rich won't enjoy them as an influence on
US at ALL!!!!:)   Where do you think the cry for universal health care
comes from? The peace dividend of course!:)
-Steve Walz   rstevew@armory.com

