Around 75% of immigrant farm workers in Bakersfield, California, ditched their shifts after Trump ramped up his threats by removing protections against ICE raids in “sensitive areas,” including schools and workplaces.

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    6 days ago

    While certain things can be automated the robotics technology to fully replace humans is probably still decades away.

    Mostly likely they will use prison slave labor, using the same immigrants.

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      The tech to automate most of the stuff already exists, it’s just not being used as long as abusing humans ends up being cheaper.