howrar

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (14 children)

And so you'll improve it by throwing around random accusations?

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

In theory, the value they create is in handling all the home maintenance. Of course, many of them don't do their jobs in practice.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (16 children)

You can believe what you want about human nature, but consider how well society would function if it was acceptable to make baseless accusations and act on them as if they were facts.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, why encourage people to have more children when you can instead have other countries pay for them and we pick and choose the best to lure in as immigrants?

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 months ago (83 children)

I mean, this is how businesses work in general. If you don't buy their products/services, then they wouldn't be able to continue providing them.

I understand that we're trying to draw attention to exploitative landlords, but if anyone can afford to keep their property regardless of whether or not you pay rent, it's the exploitative ones.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 months ago

Alright, I found a screenshot of it posted on twitter. Can confirm that this is racist.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I'm working on making robots do useful things. I think that's fairly easy for most people to understand.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (25 children)

It certainly doesn't. But in the absence of evidence in either direction, I think it's most reasonable to not assume the worst of people.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen what she actually wrote, and if yes, can you share? I think we should set the actual message before casting judgement.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Better for the company doesn't necessarily mean it's worse for you.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

But where does the extra money and infrastructure come from to provide everything they need?

What is money in the first place? It represents labour and resources. So when a new person shows up, they themselves provide the money in the form of their labour. They are the money.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you replace the cars first, such that no one's daily schedules are significantly altered,

Is that going to happen if you replace cars with another vehicle that still requires car infrastructure?

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