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Having robots to do grunt work and that somehow being bad for our society is just the dumbest timeline. Fucking cunts
There are many people who can only do grunt work. If they don’t have a means to make money, society will unravel.
You mean essential work? Building the homes people live in, cooking the meals people eat, delivering people the stuff they're otherwise incapable of getting for themselves?
Not sure why anyone who's not part of the ruling class who profits from its devaluation would want to refer to it as being done by 'grunts'?
I agree that we shouldn’t devalue it, and that was my initial word choice. That wasn’t the intent behind the choice, but I get it. I’m not sure “essential” is a good descriptor either. It is essential, but that’s not the defining quality we’re after.