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Western Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges ahead
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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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I can't speak to what the rest of the world might do. Some countries may choose to prohibit fully automated operations.
I just know that in America, any chance to mitigate the damage caused by widespread adoption of automation like fast food operations, will be completely dismissed under a MAGA administration.
Dems should introduce a "Robot Tax" which at least makes up for the lost tax that the now unemployed employee would have been paying. Otherwise we have unemployment rise sharply, as tax collections shrink sharply.
I was just speaking to a MAGA business acquaintance, and HE brought up the idea of the Robot Tax, calling it stupid. When I pointed out the tax situation, he just said "Taxes should be illegal, they're immoral." As if MAGA hadn't given up on morals long ago. He doesn't have a problem with the morality of completely ending an entire industry's employment base, just to increase profits for a billion dollar company.