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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4126647" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Were you on your high school debate team?&nbsp; I&#039;m agreeing with you.&nbsp; But if the worst comes about I hope they have a plan to put tens of millions to work.&nbsp; The big universities like MIT and Stanford as well as private labs are working on both machines, robots and AI to replace not only manual laborers but truck drivers and even accountants.&nbsp; Not certain what kind of innovative new jobs will be invented for all the people they were trying to replace to begin with.&nbsp; But if you&#039;re right, it&#039;s all farfetched, never going to happen, then great.&nbsp; One scenario is how many retail jobs will be lost due to Amazon.&nbsp; Have seen estimates of 30% of all malls will close within 5 years because their tenants just can&#039;t compete with Amazon.&nbsp; That&#039;s a lot of clerks, fast food workers, security, management, janitors.&nbsp; I think a lot of people have seen malls and retail giants fold due to being unable to compete so not farfetched to see this happen.&nbsp; YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4126647, member: 24302"] Were you on your high school debate team? I'm agreeing with you. But if the worst comes about I hope they have a plan to put tens of millions to work. The big universities like MIT and Stanford as well as private labs are working on both machines, robots and AI to replace not only manual laborers but truck drivers and even accountants. Not certain what kind of innovative new jobs will be invented for all the people they were trying to replace to begin with. But if you're right, it's all farfetched, never going to happen, then great. One scenario is how many retail jobs will be lost due to Amazon. Have seen estimates of 30% of all malls will close within 5 years because their tenants just can't compete with Amazon. That's a lot of clerks, fast food workers, security, management, janitors. I think a lot of people have seen malls and retail giants fold due to being unable to compete so not farfetched to see this happen. YMMV [/QUOTE]

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