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Indulge me for the coming delusion, but if we ignore who this is, forget all the reasons we know that we can't trust him, and allow ourselves just a few moments to hope that we could live in such a world.

A world where manual labor is no longer needed, where people can just exist as large mammals are meant to exist. Robots will handle it all and we can just do as we please... and the robots are going to be plentiful because once enough of the process of making a robot becomes automated, the cost of it will go to zero. But to get there it is going to require a ton of money... these robots are going to be way too expensive for people to actually buy them, so investors and governments will help out. The investors will eventually lose everything, but that will put us on the way to having everything we need to be created through completely automated systems.

Of course, there will still be jobs for those who really want them - or more likely, who want them and are good at them - or even more likely, who knows the right people... but if we can get our basic needs taken care of it night not fully end poverty but it would be a step in the right direction.

But, alas... It's Musk saying it so it's only to further enrich himself and won't actually happen.

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[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Fucking prove it, you technofascist dork.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes Elon will never face poverty but he will cut all benefits programs from those in need. He will cut all taxes he will pay and he will watch you die. That is the reality of these MAGAts.

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[–] BlackJerseyGiant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

TRANSLATION: Optimus is programmed to kill poor people...

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

It'll do it more efficiently

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Fuck Leon Hitler and his idea of eliminating poverty is China's 9-9-6 slave labor conditions.

[–] angelmountain@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago
[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The journalists clearly misheard him. He is just fighting against caffeinated drinks, in this case he’s focusing on eliminating power tea.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Musk = POS Nazi.

[–] Binturong@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's talking about a system to eliminate, not support and elevate the poor here, mark my words. Do not give this brain-damaged, broke-dick, eternally divorced Lex Luthor anything but sentencing for crimes against humanity.

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[–] Lutra@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

... and liars lie.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

1 trillion dollars is like $3000 per american right? How can they have that much money to pay him?

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Put him on a stage where he can praise "his" achievements, Me-lon will say all sorts of stupid shit, for hours on end.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Biggest problem with that first premise is that the services and materiel goods created by these robots is still going to cost the end user and since those end users aren't working and earning money to pay those fees, the only outcome for that is a population starved and homeless while the elites of the world reap the rewards of that system

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While overall poverty rates have improved considerably in recent decades, several individual countries have experienced a rise in poverty. As previously mentioned, 696 million people still live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 (INT) per day

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poverty-rate-by-country

He could just gift all of those people $1400 each which would keep them above the poverty line for two years and still have a shit load of money for himself.

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