If you follow the money to the top you find the real people in control . If a system is in place that can save these people money they will use it . <| sep |> I was more just commenting on this case in particular because that ' s what the article is about and because big oil is one of the only ones to pay massive wages to unskilled workers . The general idea of being replaced by machines applies to every industry though , skilled or not . I honestly did consider putting in a whole spiel about basic income and stuff but decided to keep my point a bit more concise and directed at the topic at hand . I don ' t disagree with you , corporations are designed to be heartless , but that doesn ' t mean we should forget that when they pay workers higher than normal wages . That doesn ' t mean they actually care .