• PhaseFour [he/him]
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        robots in manufacturing are already “enabled” and used very, very widely.

        Not nearly to the degree that exists in 5G enabled

        it is basically struggle against the inevitable

        This is not true. There is tangible proof of workers struggling against automation. Workers should continue to struggle against automation until we have a socialist state.

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          Not nearly to the degree that exists in 5G enabled

          Robots? In manufacturing? For most tasks they don't really even need any internet.

          This is not true. There is tangible proof of workers struggling against automation. Workers should continue to struggle against automation until we have a socialist state.

          That some groups of workers struggle against automation doesn't mean it's not inevitable. What always happens in the best case is that they convince some board to block it for a few years and then when that's done, then the change happens anyways. It just stalls the transition, it doesn't block it.

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            Robots? In manufacturing? For most tasks they don’t really even need any internet.

            The communication between robots does require a network.

            What always happens in the best case is that they convince some board to block it for a few years and then when that’s done, then the change happens anyways.

            This is the case for any reform under capitalism. The whole fucking point of organizing to win reforms under capitalism to demonstrate to workers we represent them.

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              The communication between robots does require a network.

              But that's not even strictly necessary for most robots in manufacturing.

              The whole fucking point of organizing to win reforms under capitalism to demonstrate to workers we represent them.

              That much I can agree with.

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                But that’s not even strictly necessary for most robots in manufacturing.

                It is necessary for fully automated factories.