• djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      Farms are actually one of the industries seeing some of the most automation. The biggest issue right now is just harvesting.

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        8 days ago

        Subsistance farming is not what I would call gardening. The amount of planting, tending, harvesting and canning required to feed a family of 4 is a full-time job during the growing season. Nevermind all the other homemaking chores.

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          8 days ago

          So get robots to do it. I never said anything about subsistence farming. But if we keep up with the idea of everyone needing a job we’ll never get to a place where nobody has to work.

          We’ve already automated so much of it that just 1% of the population farming grows more than enough food for everyone.

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            8 days ago

            I’m with you, and I agree. But the 1% doing all the hard work are going to have a real problem with the communists choosing “art therapy” as their activity. I think automation is the future.