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We can't automate as much as you think. And no the average US person produces more than any other country and spends slightly less of their budget. Here is a

• projektfu 7y ago
  There may be a mean vs median problem in the argument.
• alexashka 7y ago
  Most people living in the USA are idiots compared to most people who read/comment on HackerNews. Similarly, most people consume more than they produce. Because non-idiots are so amazing, they enable idiots to have an amazing lifestyle in developed countries. This is patently obvious by the fact that these countries have borders - those borders are there to protect idiots, not neuro-surgeons, from immigrants destroying their cushy government-sponsored way of life. Neuro-surgeons would only benefit from open borders and abolishment of minimum wage laws - they'd each immediately hire a dozen servants, which is what already happens in countries like India.