Automation is never the problem, nor is a shift to different industries. It’s what happens to the worker. There are reasons why there is competition between robots and people in these low skill areas, but it’s assumed they’ll just move to another low skill work, rather than try and help them move upwards, or just not need the job - not everyone in the workplace should be there by income necessity, but many are because retirement income isn’t enough or it’s a second or third job to get by, or for insurance purposes (which being tied to a job is its own racket).

But as more automation potentials start to creep into other areas than just the simple manual labor the question becomes, where are these people going to go? Not only the tedious mental jobs but also the “extra” filler jobs that automation takes over or eliminates completely. It feels like a job version of “First They Came”, where as long as MY job is safe for now, the lower workers just have to figure it out. In theory, any job eventually won’t be safe, and when are we going to plan for that path?

But all the best answers are put in a socialist basket and are politically dangerous, even though it would help everyone. Even the CEOs and shareholders, but they can’t seem to see that.

Agree, these jobs are legit the worst, there is a reason there is so high turnover rate for these jobs