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[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 45 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Good news! We'll be exctinct long before this happens. One less thing to worry about!

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Seems hyperbolic to assume we will be extinct by 9999.

Sure we’re heading for a climate crisis, but I don’t think all humans will be dead; Just the poorest.

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

That has forever been the fallacy.

The poor won't die in the apocalypse leaving only the rich behind. The poor will die, and the rich will be faced with the harsh reality that they needed an army of poor working under them to sustain themselves, leading them to all die within the generation.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

That's true until it isn't. Automation is on its way. Marching ever onward.

The factory I work in built a new building this year that employs 1/4 of the workers as the next newest one and does 2.5x the output.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You still need loaders, drivers, retailers to get anything to the customer. A lot of rich ski and holiday towns can't staff the stores and Cafe's, because the employees can't afford to pay rent in the same towns, so they face a similar issue...