Many US workers fear automation, but Sweden is actually embracing the robot takeover. The country’s citizens merely see it as a way of improving business efficiency, as their government gives them considerably less to worry about: free health care, education, and job transition programs mean that Swedes have an easier time leaving jobs in favor of new career options or training.



Such talk has little currency in Sweden or its Scandinavian neighbors, where unions are powerful, government support is abundant, and trust between employers and employees runs deep. Here, robots are just another way to make companies more efficient. As employers prosper, workers have consistently gained a proportionate slice of the spoils — a stark contrast to the United States and Britain, where wages have stagnated even while corporate profits have soared.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine