Your comment got downvoted because there's a lot truth in it. :D Manual jobs will be getting automated, and countries relying on manufacturing will be hit by t

Your comment got downvoted because there's a lot truth in it. :D Manual jobs will be getting automated, and countries relying on manufacturing will be hit by that process the hardest. Like in Factorio - first you're resources bound, than you are labor bound, and finally you're design-bound. Modern economy is design-bound. USA being de-industrialized developed economy offers good quality of life and opportunity for intellectual workers, and attracts a lot of talent. Most HN readers is Americans, so they love to complain about USA, but "grass is always greener on the other side". As much as there are messed up things in USA, there's also plenty of things that are working really well. The main problem is the gap between people who benefit from the post-industrial economy, and those who do not. I also don't see a better way out of it than just some well-designed form of UBI. And considering all the COVID stimulus, the USG is already paving the way...