Massive nationwide social unrest coming as robots displace low-wage workers
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
You want a $15-dollar-an-hour minimum wage with that Happy Meal? Good luck with that.
In fact, low-wage workers in all industries are facing obsolescence thanks to rising robotics technology. A noted billionaire sees massive social unrest ahead because of these two converging realities.
As reported by Bloomberg News, Johann Rupert, a South African who earned his billions selling expensive Cartier jewelry and Chloe fashion, sees escalating tensions in the future between the rich and the poor as robots, coupled with artificial intelligence, fuel mass unemployment.
“We cannot have 0.1 percent of 0.1 percent taking all the spoils,” Rupert, who has a fortune worth $7.5 billion according to data compiled by Bloomberg, told the news service. “It’s unfair and it is not sustainable.”
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