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[–] yewbontheboat ago 

Or maybe our society is moving away from a consumption/production model.

With robots 1 employee can now produce what 10-100 employees could 20 years ago, so those 99 employee are expected to still consume when they no longer have a job.

Added to that new job growth for new industry has not replaced the lost jobs, and all new profits from not having a human labor force are going to owners and shareholders who are then reinvesting in an ever increasing bubble of greed.

The only reason solution is popping the bubble and rebuilding.

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[–] novictim [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

"Or maybe our society is moving away from a consumption/production model."

Try and picture how that could happen. It can't. Consumption = Production is fundamental to all economies of any kind.

Robots do not change that basic equation.