Bernie Sanders thinks that Amazon warehouse jobs are soul-crushing, backbreaking, and exploitative. He is also steadfastly opposed to any automation that would eliminate these undesirable positions.

"Big Tech oligarchs are coming for your job," said the independent Vermont senator on X in response to a story in The New York Times about internal Amazon plans to automate away up to 75 percent of jobs in their fulfillment centers. "AI & robotics must benefit workers, not the top 1%," he added.

One could argue that automation replacing physically demanding warehouse jobs is just such an example of robotics and AI benefiting workers.

Certainly, one would expect Sanders to think this, given the very public campaign he mounted against the company back in 2018 over the pay and working condition

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