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		rvr_ on Jan 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny bu... Things got cheaper because they are being made where wages are cheaper. At the end of the day, everything that is a expense to me is a source of income to somebody else. Only robots don't get paid.

codekansas on Jan 26, 2022 | [–]

Is it impossible to believe that someone harvesting corn with a combine would be able to sell it for cheaper than if they had harvested it by hand?

dragonwriter on Jan 26, 2022 | [–]

> Only robots don't get paid.

Their owners do, though. (And their makers.)

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