100 million people using OpenClaw will each start businesses hiring ~3 people, creating more jobs than FANG layoffs destroy.

100 million people using OpenClaw will each start businesses hiring ~3 people, creating more jobs than FANG layoffs destroy. | okay so maybe a few big you know fang companies fire 15,000 people but What happens when a 100 million people get their hands on this and they all start their own businesses and they each hire three people, right? That's a lot more creation than destruction.

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okay so maybe a few big you know fang companies fire 15,000 people but What happens when a 100 million people get their hands on this and they all start their own businesses and they each hire three people, right? That's a lot more creation than destruction.

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