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Even in cheap countries, manufacturing is being automated. This is a problem for countries globally, the only ladder left to uplift their population is services.

Machines don’t take breaks, don’t need holidays, don’t get injured, and when deployed are more consistent and efficient.

Having people work in factories, and get paid is great in a vacuum. However this is a competitive economy, your competition is doing lights out manufacturing, and is making more consistent goods, cheaper, and faster.

And we’re getting better at building robots. The American debate is about 20 years late.



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