Ironically, our school system in the US was largely designed to create passive factory line workers who did not think for themselves or take initiative. You mig

Ironically, our school system in the US was largely designed to create passive factory line workers who did not think for themselves or take initiative. You might even say school was designed to create robots out of people who are now going be replaced by more efficient mechanical robots. I agree that most people have the capacity to learn a new trade but they haven't had to exercise that ability for many years. Retraining programs can't inject new skills into people's brains but they can setup a path for people to learn those skills if they are motivated. For the vast majority of people, being out of work is a huge motivator to do something, we just need to give them a little breathing room with their bills and life so they can focus.