A student argues that the author of a passage views technological disruption as ultimately beneficial to workers. Which quotation from the passage would most effectively undermine this claim rather than support it?
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A
'Automation has historically created more jobs than it has eliminated, though this transition period demands careful policy intervention.'
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B
'The workers displaced by mechanization in the nineteenth century eventually found employment in entirely new industries.'
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C
'The efficiency gains from new technologies accrue disproportionately to capital owners, leaving wage laborers with diminished bargaining power in perpetuity.'
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D
'While short-term disruption is painful, societies that embrace innovation tend to achieve higher standards of living within a generation.'