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U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the ‘new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and your grandkids (fortune.com)

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For life? Someone is delusional.

Maybe for 5 years, at most. Humans need food. Humans need breaks. Automated assembly machines? 24/7 production, no annual leave, no insurance plans, and no unionizing.

The up-front cost is much higher, but it's cheaper in the long run. Good luck keeping that factory job long enough to have kids, let alone pass it down to them.

[–] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We'll, the article was about the jobs maintaining the robots, not humans building stuff in factories.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well, that's on me for only reading the summary posted here.