First of all, thanks for letting me know I neglected to upvote your post. Commenting without voting as so rude -- very embarrassing, I was reading Vieanna's exciting news in her comment and got sidetracked. Better late than never ;-)

Thanks also for the link to your digitalization and automation post.

Although this is a complex topic, I don't disagree, especially if a robot tax were to become a reality. We're living in a globalized world with few functioning democracies. Even in major democracies, powerful companies and individuals have enormous influence over lawmakers and regulators... there's too much to mention, but in the end it seems to me like humans must find a balance between personal freedom and the elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty.

The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population. Timed to coincide with this week’s gathering of many of the super-rich at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, the report calls for urgent action to deal with a trend showing that 1% of people own more wealth than the other 99% combined. source

I remember not wanting to mention a "certain" country :-) Not wanting to "hurt someone's feelings" is a Southern tradition in America. For that reason, it was a freedom I chose not to use. Here in Europe, for legal reasons people need to exercise caution when speaking the truth -- that's something quite different.

In any case, your post caused me to mention "freedom" in my post today.

Heute habe ich einige ausgezeichnete Posts über Freiheit gelesen. Ich werde das kurz halten und einfach sagen, dass ich mich sehr frei fühle, wenn ich in der Natur und in Harmonie mit der Schöpfung bin. In Deutschland ist die Freiheit der Meinungsäußerung in Gefahr, aber zumindest auf dem Land zeichnet sich Deutschland in einem Punkt aus - der Freiheit, in der Natur zu wandern, und dafür bin ich zutiefst dankbar.