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Comment by howmayiannoyyou

The rise of robots in the US will, sincerely and with no irony:

- Allow politicians to continue to limit legal immigration to pander to parties who think this is good policy.

- Help businesses remain productive despite the ravages of opioids & meth in many regions of the country, that is starving employers of reliable low and moderately skilled labor.

- Offset declining US birth rates and increasing mortality rates.

- Makeup for shortfalls in "tooth to tail" and infantry shortfalls experienced by the US military, but likely at greatly increased expense due to unique defense spending economics.

- Revolutionize health and elder care in ways good and bad, but nonetheless necessary, providing great savings to providers - but probably no savings to consumers.

- Seriously reduce workplace injuries in some of the most dangerous jobs (eg. recycling), but wipe out smaller businesses who can't afford the CAPEX.

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