Do you really believe port automation is at the stage where it can be fully automated with no port workers? Even at “automated” ports, I assure you there are still port workers to deal with anomalies. And yeah they should be paid more than $0.
"Not as enthusiastic over automated terminals like LBCT have been the 15,000 longshore workers, including part-time casuals, who man the docks in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the busiest and second busiest in the nation, respectively.
Terminal automation poses big changes — and likely some job losses — in those dockworker ranks.
LBCT, for example, features remotely run electric cranes gliding back and forth and a computer-controlled stacking system. Multiple containers can be handled by the cranes at one time."
Yes with heavy taxation used to fund a basic income for everyone. I doubt it'll ever be that simple; services still occupy the majority of the US economy. But there's no point keeping work alive just to have people work.
