The problem is amalgamation and the fact that western countries (very mistakenly) decided to deindustrialize and send their jobs to poorer countries to prop up

The problem is amalgamation and the fact that western countries (very mistakenly) decided to deindustrialize and send their jobs to poorer countries to prop up their corporate profits. It is much harder for people to graduate and go get a good job at the local factory, have 4 kids, a house, etc. You need to go to college, get a degree, fight for a job which then become more concentrated in fewer places as they compete for workers. Hopefully remote work will help push back against this force.