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[–] 37 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Counterpoint: The cotton gin. It was supposed to make slavery obsolete, but actually reinvigorated the practice of slavery by making slaves able to do more work.

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  • [+] [S] -19 points 1 day ago (11 children)

    Then everyone should be happy for the new job creators

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    They haven't created any jobs.

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    well a fair amount involving data centres and memory to start with…

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