"Protests have already started in some places, Chairman."
During the video conference, one of the directors was telling Lin Qi about what was happening in several shelters.
The ultra-efficient automated production lines had dealt a heavy blow to every enterprise and factory that still relied on human labor.
The impact was even greater on workers in labor-intensive businesses involving high-intensity, repetitive work.
Many workers spontaneously held up protest signs after work to resist the automated production lines. Some had even proposed rebuilding the Labor Union to help workers fight against this deadly invention!
Workers could not afford to lose their jobs, just as capitalists could not afford to lose their money.
They only wanted to survive, but someone was now taking away their chance to do so.
On the surface, the director on duty was reporting the situation to Lin Qi, but in reality, it was also a questioning.
In the eyes of those directors, the reason for suddenly creating such a huge news story was questionable. The automated production lines could have been hidden away, some high-tech factories shut down, and some extremely difficult components assigned to robots and Artificial Intelligence.
That way, society's lower classes would not suffer any impact, and the inventions would not be rendered useless.
Instead of throwing them out like this and igniting the Working Class.
The blank screen switched to a news channel, where several agitated workers were pouring out their anxiety to the cameras and reporters.
Lin Qi watched for a while before muting the news. "Aurora and I discussed this for a long time."
"In twenty-one months and more than twenty days, we need to possess the strength to resist Alien Invaders capable of crossing the galaxy, reaching us, and attacking us."
"So this society must make some sacrifices."
"What people