2oldman wrote:
BenK wrote:
..does that mean these folks then should NOT lament loss of factory jobs to robotics...
They can lament all they want, but to get a job they're going to have learn new skills. And some people, quite honestly, are not capable of that.
And some people don't really want to be in Sales or flipping burgers. With no manufacturing jobs, what skills are you speaking of? Strictly service jobs are going to be getting scarcer as more people are dropped from the manufacturing rolls. No manufacturing means many fewer industrial-type jobs such as welding, machining, electrical work, etc. You only need so many plumbers, garbage men, and street sweepers.
Much as we may hate to admit it, the middle class was founded on the backs of factory workers.
