Re: They toooock ewre joohbs!!!
Yes, the jobs lost are replaced by new jobs - but in the majority of cases the new jobs created are menial, minimum wage jobs. Thus what is happening is an increase in the gap between rich & poor because the medium skill jobs are disappearing (taken by automation), leaving only the high-skill, high-pay jobs and the low-skill, low pay jobs.
Plus, while the average standard of living has increased steadily since the industrial revolution, that is true only up to the end of the last century. For the past 20 years or so the average standard of living has been steadily decreasing in the UK except fot the richest 1%, who have enjoyed a faster increase in wealth.
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