the flaw in your reasoning is that non-human animals count as others and yet have no choice in the matter.  when considering any form of injustice, the view of the victim is of paramount importance because when you yourself are not the victim, it is very easy to justify violence, abuse and even murder.  the idea is to treat all others the way you yourself wish to be treated-aka the Golden Rule. 

“Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.”-Friedrich Durrenmatt

Thanks Daiwa!  That one is filed under the "I told you so"

Most have been in a position of joblessness.  The difference is that most went out and got another one.  And worked their way back up.

Simple economics tell you that a company cannot stay in business paying a person more than their labor is worth.  Period.  It does not matter about any mythical "living wage".  If you do not support yourself through your labors, you have only yourself to blame.

Starter jobs would be just that.  Not a career onto themselves.

You do a very good imitation of Veruca Salts.

this will happen. they know very well that hunger leads to revolutions (=/= coups sponsored by George Soros)

That is called collusion, and it is against the law.

However in the real world, companies are not working together (and those that do are prosecuted for it), and instead bid against each other for the limited resources.  When resources out strip the demand, you get what is called a Buyers Market - the buyer can pay less because more people than jobs exist.  Think illegal aliens.

But when more jobs exist than people to fill them, then it is a sellers market.  Think health care.

That is reality.  That is economics.  And that is why the job market and wages have sucked under Obama.  He is increasing supply but not demand.

Econ 101.

So how would you do it?  Healthcare free?  Then how do you distribute a limited resource with an unlimited demand?  Well, some would say that doctors should be slaves - work for no profit and at the whim of government.  Some say the government should pay for everything.  So everyone should have access to million dollar procedures.

So where do the resources come from?

The problem with those who say as you do is simple.  Economics.  How do you distribute a limited good with an unlimited demand.

Those 'countries' with a 'public health care' have the same problems.  If you follow the news, you hear the horror stories.  Surgeries taking years instead of weeks.  People put on waiting lists and dying to gin the metrics.  Simple procedures never done because your number is not up.

Wait, that is the VA - government run health care.

No one said doctors should be slaves.  I know enough in the medical community here and none of them feel like 'slaves'.  There is a difference between providing basic healthcare for all and providing for 'million-dollar procedures'.  Besides, if a procedure still costs 'millions' then maybe its tech etc. needs to be 'changed' (resources better allocated) to find a way to provide a similar service that doesn't cost anyone 'millions' or introduce a two-tiered system where a person can choose the 'free' but possibly inferior procedure or pay for the possibly better procedure.

The problem with those who say as you do is simple.  Sociology.  How do you keep filling jobs no one wants when those who would do those jobs get sick and die.

These 'countries' with a 'public health care' have a solution to that.  If you follow first hand accounts, you hear the truth.  The collective of the nation is healthy enough to work, to pay bills/taxes and to help the nation through these tough times.  Putting the nation ahead of the individual is certainly not everyone's ideal but the overall results speak for themselves.

My first-hand experience with such a system is this.  The wait-times are atrocious.  For non-emergent care (ie. a tetanus shot at the hospital) you could be waiting 8 hours or more on some days.  My wife recently had to wait 8 months to get an MRI of her ankle (which is filled with arthritis and the local orthopedic surgeon has told her fusion is the only thing he can do for her......she isn't happy to hear that).  When I was in a bad MVA with a drunk motorist many years ago and got ejected from the vehicle the various surgeries necessary to put me back together were sub-par by American standards I'm sure.  I am alive however, and I can walk again etc.  When my grandfather passed away at 90 he passed away just a month shy of the scheduled heart surgery date that had been set about a year previously.  In all fairness his family is confident the surgery likely wouldn't have extended his life much.

The point of all of this 'experience'?   Not my wife, I or any of my grandfathers other family would want our 'public' healthcare currently being offered to our citizens to go away.  Are the wait-times atrocious?  Sure.  Are there abuses within the system?  Yes.  Is there room for improvement?  Always.   Many people I'm sure would support a two-tiered system as referenced above if it could be implemented properly, but I'd be absolutely shocked to find anyone would actually support our current system to be abolished and be replaced by the American system.

Healthy people make a healthy workforce.  Should that not be the objective of every nation?

...and to finally take this back 'on-topic'.  Yes.  Keeping a robot cashier and/or a 'burger machine' healthy costs a lot less than doing the same for a human.  So I guess all of the above is quickly becoming moot anyway! 

I, for one, welcome the new robot age. More people to do other stuff in society. I'm not too worried about unemployment as I live in a fairly progressive socialistic country (Sweden). In a 100 years I absolutely expect guaranteed basic income to be a thing (in practice it already is).

You cannot say that.  I said "some say" and some do indeed say that.  They do not use the word 'slave", but they insist that doctors work for nothing and are at the beck and call of the patients.  IN this world, when one works for others with no control over their own lives, it is called slavery.

They make a profit.  Again, what part of "some say" do you not understand?  I never said "YOU SAID".

Fine - invent it.  I am sure you will make lots of money.  I am not talking about Eden. I am talking about reality.  The world as it exists.  NOW.

Try rereading the comment again.  And this time quote it all.  It was a bit of fun on my part.  I spoke of "some countries" and the US is one of them.  The system described is the VA - a government run health care system in the US (although I can see your confusion since the problems exist in all government run health care countries).

Congratulations!  You are now part of the some.  That is called communism, or socialism (the former in practice, the latter in theory).  And it is making people slave to the states.  The state cannot risk freedoms as people do not always want to do what is best for the whole.  So they must be controlled.  You would have done well in the old USSR.  Unfortunately, it is not longer around.

Great for you!  Please allow me my wants as well.