Right, I know plenty who find it soul sucking work to sit in front of a computer for 9 hours a day. I'd guess these jobs are the next to go. These are the low hanging fruit. Virtual robots are faster, cheaper and easier to build.
We already pay a lot of people not to work or to work low paying jobs. A factory job has a lot of other benefits for the country. It gives people dignity, pride, keeps people out of trouble, offers social cohesion, additional training and skills, opportunities for advancement and learning how to save and buy things.
- Approximately 100 million Americans—about one in three—receive some form of government assistance, including programs like Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), Social Security, and housing aid.
- Someone is no longer counted as unemployed after 4 weeks of not actively job hunting, even if they still want a job.
- 32% of the U.S. workforce—about 46.5 million people—are employed in occupations with a median wage below $15 an hour. These positions often lack benefits and offer little opportunity for advancement.
American corporations and their politicians took us down this road in the 80s. The US has looked the other way ever since.
They installed suicide-prevention nets at their factories and we say Americans don't want the jobs? Is the US really the bully or just standing up to a bully (we made stronger) that doesn't play fair?