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posted by janrinok on Monday March 17 2014, @08:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the borg-revisited dept.

sl4shd0rk writes:

"Bill Gates says everyone needs to prepare to be out of work in 20 years due to Robots/software taking over most jobs. In preparation for this, Gates recommends people 'should basically get on their knees and beg businesses to keep employing humans' and reduce operating overhead for businesses by 'eliminating payroll and corporate income taxes while also not raising the minimum wage'. Bill Gates, you may recall, is the former CEO of Microsoft whose business acumen has brought the technology sector such things as Metro, Windows Phone and Xbox One.

BusinessInsider took a similar theme earlier this year."

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21 2014, @07:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21 2014, @07:25PM (#19526)

    No, I think you are actually the one who is misunderstanding what capitalism is. It's when the means of production are privately owned. It doesn't matter whether they're in the hands of one, or ten, or a thousand people. A privately held corporation that's wholly employee-owned is still capitalistic.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @12:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @12:19AM (#19606)

    Employees == Capitalism
    Worker-owned operation == Marxism
    Your feeble Reactionary attempts to redefine words don't change the facts.

    -- gewg_

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @06:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @06:31PM (#19821)

      Employees are a necessary but not sufficient condition for capitalism.
      Worker-owned operation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for Marxism.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @11:46PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 22 2014, @11:46PM (#19876)

        You know absolutely nothing about the subject.
        You're another of those "my opinions are as good as your facts" guys who conflate Capitalism with markets, profit, private ownership, and every other thing under the sun.
        You don't even realize how ridiculous are.

        You need to stop consuming lamestream media, particularly TeeVee and especially Fox so-called News. It fills your head with useless nonsense.

        At some point you should try picking up a book and reading. Start with a dictionary and move on to a text on Comparative Economics.

        Oh, and when you're in over your head, STOP DIGGING.

        -- gewg_