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magicarpet

(19,422 posts)
35. Blue collar jobs took a major kick in the teeth with the off shoring craze.
Wed May 20, 2026, 06:44 PM
11 hrs ago

Now with Artificial Intelligence and robotics the remainder of blue collar and most of white collar jobs will go bye-bye.

If the bread lines get too long - they can just shoot us - and toss the bodies into a mass grave for eventual burial.

Making America Greater - than it has ever been before.

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We have all been proper f*cked. [View all] OGBuzz 14 hrs ago OP
AI sounds like a scam to me Walleye 14 hrs ago #1
It really does PatSeg 13 hrs ago #18
It isn't a scam, and that is the problem. A lot of jobs are being lost because of it, and a lot lostincalifornia 12 hrs ago #21
Blue collar jobs took a major kick in the teeth with the off shoring craze. magicarpet 11 hrs ago #35
Soylent Green FrndStrng 7 hrs ago #44
I wish we could get MAGAs to understand that. progressoid 14 hrs ago #2
We may be closer to 1789 France than you imagine. IrishAfricanAmerican 14 hrs ago #3
It's the only logical conclusion. OGBuzz 14 hrs ago #5
A few big EMPs might slow them down. Ilsa 13 hrs ago #12
I'm almost ready to throw a few out there..... lastlib 12 hrs ago #22
In my experience TheProle 13 hrs ago #15
Post removed Post removed 12 hrs ago #25
Did I say surrendering quietly was my solution.... dude? TheProle 12 hrs ago #30
Then what is your solution? paleotn 10 hrs ago #39
Well if we rule out kumbaya and quiet surrender TheProle 6 hrs ago #45
I don't see the oligarch class. 58Sunliner 7 hrs ago #43
Exactly... WarGamer 12 hrs ago #32
Yeah, Wednesdays 11 hrs ago #36
I ain't fetishizing shit, just making an observation. IrishAfricanAmerican 2 hrs ago #46
Ding ding malaise 13 hrs ago #17
How long before... BH liberal 14 hrs ago #4
The AI bros only think in terms of their own life spans.....the rest of us don't count. OGBuzz 14 hrs ago #6
Exactly! And what would be better... BH liberal 14 hrs ago #7
AI will always make the smart decisions if you're out to annihilate mankind. OGBuzz 13 hrs ago #9
Remember what Trump said... BH liberal 13 hrs ago #10
I wonder what he meant by this comment just last week..... OGBuzz 13 hrs ago #14
Like a young child with toy soldiers and guns PatSeg 13 hrs ago #19
More like the Golden Dumb. The Madcap 11 hrs ago #37
This message was self-deleted by its author Half-step 14 hrs ago #8
Our only hope is that their old nukes aren't worth shit ... they're probably not any good ... FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #11
Never. You're being conned. paleotn 12 hrs ago #27
It may not be 1789 France BWdem4life 13 hrs ago #13
Tech bros are man-shaped machines babydollhead 13 hrs ago #16
AI is taking over for us so they (the morbidly wealthy) can kill us all debsy 12 hrs ago #20
BS paleotn 12 hrs ago #24
The humanoid robots they are developing scare the crap out of me... OGBuzz 12 hrs ago #26
They like air breathers luv2fly 10 hrs ago #40
Heads on spikes are never out of season. paleotn 12 hrs ago #23
Yes I am a defeatist....after all, we couldn't even prevent Trump from winning a second term. OGBuzz 12 hrs ago #28
Words wasted on the wrong people. paleotn 10 hrs ago #38
"Unfortunately it's too late to reverse what's going on", no it is not late, what we need is a good government that Escurumbele 12 hrs ago #29
Seriously. H2O Man 12 hrs ago #31
I agree Greyhead 11 hrs ago #33
I believe it's never too late and the spirit and will to create change and meaningful change will always to just that. somaticexperiencing 11 hrs ago #34
Guillotine tech at least has not changed GenThePerservering 9 hrs ago #41
Viva 1789! GiqueCee 8 hrs ago #42
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France went from a King to Napoleon. Aussie105 1 hr ago #48
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