How can you say that? Even if their future livelihood were 100% guaranteed at the same or even higher level, the loss they feel would be the same. If you don't understand that, you probably just aren't empathetic enough.
If people were empathetic then they would realize we’re all in this together. Where was the outcry in the academic community when graphic designers got replaced? I’m not experiencing schadenfreud mind you, it’s peculiar to me how narrow the scope of concern many academics have, but I suppose it’s the end result of hyper specialization and credentialiam that has come to “legitimize” the middle and upper class over the past century or so. Still strange to see.