> Current minimum wages ensure automation are going to win.
The only problem is that there's no evidence of this. Automation still costs more than people, and when machines get sick, you have to hire mechanics that charge by the hour to fix them. When automation is cheaper than people, it's a good thing that all of society profits from when things are automated as long as you don't allow the automators to permanently lock/monopoly away their innovations i.e. you allow competition to reduce prices.
All gigwork "tech" has succeeded in is manufacturing legal pretexts that allow companies not to pay for employee downtime. Bringing back piecework from the 19th century isn't automation, it's lobbying.
The only problem is that there's no evidence of this. Automation still costs more than people, and when machines get sick, you have to hire mechanics that charge by the hour to fix them. When automation is cheaper than people, it's a good thing that all of society profits from when things are automated as long as you don't allow the automators to permanently lock/monopoly away their innovations i.e. you allow competition to reduce prices.
All gigwork "tech" has succeeded in is manufacturing legal pretexts that allow companies not to pay for employee downtime. Bringing back piecework from the 19th century isn't automation, it's lobbying.