That is not the key part. The jobs didn't get automated out of existence. They just didn't get done at all: http://uk.businessinsider.com/american-infrastructu

That is not the key part. The jobs didn't get automated out of existence. They just didn't get done at all: http://uk.businessinsider.com/american-infrastructure-falling-apart-2017-2?r=US&IR=T http://uk.businessinsider.com/american-infrastructure-fallin... Severely restricted fiscal spending got converted into tax cuts for the wealthy. Necessary work didn't get done. Robots were made a convenient scapegoat for that process, probably because of their natural immunity to pitchforks. The US is getting leapfrogged by poorer countries like China on infrastructure largely because of this process.