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If China does it it is Tyrannical Communism. If the US does it it is Capitalistic Freedom.

Would like to see Canada Post survive this. Post is changing so Canada Post should too.

They still did it though. Such a loss.

Yet I still see the complaint that high immigration + cheap labour is "CoMmUnIsM".

And worse of all the courts did nothing about it. But the courts would be very happy with protecting shareholders of private and publicly traded companies.

He could. The George VI, King of Pakistan declared war on George VI, King of India in 1947.

Two (related) questions + one other question

I know this is a long way off, but, what do you think will happen to people in your position when autonomous cars become actually real? (Do you have a back up plan)?

Related to above, do wealthy people care about their staff (chauffeur, chef, concierge, gardener, etc) in a human way? I'd imagine if not, they would replace their staff with automated equivalents when they'd feel they're both equivalent.

How do sick days and holidays work?

Is there a link to that article or archive of it?

Would like to share that with friends.

As the candidate for the liberals or the Rhinosourus party?

Outside of mines or just in mines? I know that mines are becoming more automated but what about commercial routes.

I think you're missing the general point.

In the cases you've described, having automated semis would not be feasible. Automated cars already have a hard time in San Fran and AZ cities with smooth asphalt as it is.

The places where automated semis make the most sense, i.e. large, well maintained highways connecting large urban centres, can be better served with automated railways.

The engineering is much simpler, fewer degrees of freedom and a much more constrained problem space (and hence constrained solution space), for automated railways than highways. Creating a safer environment for all. Also not having to deal with semis as an individual driver.

Railways (funded through private investment): https://www.aar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AAR-Rail-Network-Map-2025-1.jpg.webp

Highways (publicly owned, operated, maintained): https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/images/nhs.pdf

There is some good coverage with railroads, but as you said not nearly extensive as the public road network. But I bet you the vast majority (above 60%) are along corridors with railways. However two big hurdles need to be overcome, greater investment in throughput capacity and the fact that trucks can go from ware house to ware house.

However both issues can be solved.

Privatize gains, socialize losses. The Capitalist^TM^ way!