Last time I checked I live in a country with a capitalist economy based on the free market system. Innovation and automation are part of the system.
Innovation and automation have a marked negative effect on employment/unemployment, and unemployment is a bad thing in a capitalistic economy.
Actually …doesn’t fascism guarantee everyone a job..? Quite the different thing with democracies (which favor capitalism.)
Too many people trying to make a career out of an entry level, low skill job. Im glad they automate and innovate. It may just eliminate low skill jobs but creates higher skill jobs, which bring more pay.
If "service stations" still had that service, your darn right I would use it. But, a long time ago, it started with one station deciding to make extra money by NOT employing a service person. Years later, here we are, no service at service stations.
Or they decided to SAVE some money by eliminating an un-needed position. Maybe they took that saved money and invested it back into the business. Gas stations are in business to sell gas, and other things...NOT to employ people. In fact no private business is in business to employ people.
There seemed to be comments in this thread which promotes the idea that we should employ more people to keep everyone employed. Then you pointed out that in a “capitalist” economy unemployment was a bad thing (and I agree with you.)…but I didn’t see that as being bad Only in a capitalist economy…. and that full-employment can also be a “bad thing”… because If you don’t have a job…a fascist system would give you one whether you liked it or not.
