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Trump won because people are easy to fool. They think the industrial jobs of old are going to come back. I have to wonder if they know that the majority of thos
by norea-armozel 10y ago
Trump won because people are easy to fool. They think the industrial jobs of old are going to come back. I have to wonder if they know that the majority of those jobs even in China are rapidly being automated away. I feel for those folks in the Rust Belt because many people in Wichita, Kansas had the same sort of outsourcing hit them across all sectors (aircraft, call centers, etc). But the fact is those jobs will never ever come back. Call centers are being outmoded by online help sites. Manufacturing is being taken over by better machines producing 100 times the output of worker on their best day. This is the new normal and that means we need to consider our options but going back to 1950s industrial nostalgia isn't one of them. It's time for the Trump voters to wake up and not be fooled by the dream Trump promises but will never be able to deliver.