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1247 points mangoman | 3 comments | 05 Dec 16 14:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.502s | source
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jtcond13 ◴[05 Dec 16 15:46 UTC] No.13106117[source]▶
Your periodic reminder that 'retail salesperson' is the most common job in America (~4.5 million).

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-10-m...

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maxsilver ◴[05 Dec 16 16:10 UTC] No.13106361[source]▶
"If you are Amazon, you have to acknowledge that you are slowly corroding the retail sector, which employs many (~4.5 million) people in this country."

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/silicon-valley-ha...

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TulliusCicero ◴[05 Dec 16 16:44 UTC] No.13106696[source]▶
In 1800's - "If you are a farm equipment manufacturer, you have to acknowledge that you are slowly corroding the farming sector, which employs most people in the country."

Even if they "acknowledge" it, so what? It's not their job to create extra jobs to replace the ones that they've automated out of existence. It's never been the jobs of the companies creating disruptive technology, like farm equipment or cars or computers, to do this.

It wasn't Ford's job to find new jobs for everyone who had a horse-related career; same deal here.

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1. antoinevg ◴[05 Dec 16 17:18 UTC] No.13107064[source]▶
Oookaaayyy… but then you don't get to complain when those people vote Trump into office.
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2. TulliusCicero ◴[05 Dec 16 18:24 UTC] No.13107804[source]▶
Sure I do.

1. Automation wasn't a major political issue behind Trump's success.

2. I can still think someone is wrong even if they hold the majority opinion (although in this case it was a minority opinion since Trump lost the popular vote).

3. I do think something should be done to help people who lose their jobs due to automation. I just think that's the government's domain, not that of private companies.

3. wiredone ◴[05 Dec 16 19:15 UTC] No.13108340[source]▶
And this is the definition of a Straw Man argument to the implication "we need to care about the people affected by innovation".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man