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[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The slavery reference was an example of people accepting things that clearly should not be accepted.

You are a deliberate waste of space.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Again, the suggestion that new forms of automation should not be accepted on the same basis as slavery is imbecilic beyond belief. You are a clown.