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> Not only is Tesla a shinning example of American manufacturing (a main Trump tenant) Except that they use a ton of automation. I'm very curious how this will
by dcosson 10y ago
> Not only is Tesla a shinning example of American manufacturing (a main Trump tenant)
Except that they use a ton of automation. I'm very curious how this will play out under Trump. Because even if he does all the things he's been talking about (pulling out of trade deals and raising tariffs) and even if it has the intended short-term effect of bringing more manufacturing back to America, there will be a lot of automation and it probably won't look very much like it did in the pre-globalization good-old days that his base wants to revert to.
What then? They'll need somewhere other than trade deals to point the blame.
- loourr 10y agoThat's a good point though they still employ a lot of people. It'll be interesting when people start trying to deal with the job loss from automation. I'm not sure how you can practically restrict the use of software and robots.