Automation in the industry is a big lie, the degree of it since post-WW2 days (when most of modern mass production methods were perfected) is greatly overstated

Automation in the industry is a big lie, the degree of it since post-WW2 days (when most of modern mass production methods were perfected) is greatly overstated. It is mostly due to outsourcing the labor-intensive parts to cheaper labor markets. The hypothetical robots are people working elsewhere.