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Good point - the graph being US only means it misses offshoring manufacturing jobs to places like China. We can't assume that the loss of manufacturing jobs wa

by vivekd 2y ago

Good point - the graph being US only means it misses offshoring manufacturing jobs to places like China. We can't assume that the loss of manufacturing jobs was solely caused by automation

eru 2y ago
Why call it 'loss', if it was outsourced? UnAmericans are also human.
- trealira 2y ago
  Why do you think the word "loss" implies they think non-Americans aren't human?
  - justinclift 2y ago
    Pretty sure the point was that the jobs are just being moved around, not "lost".
    - eru 2y ago
      I was specifically interested in the contrast to automation alluded to in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40970901 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40970901 A job can be truly 'lost' if it's replaced by a machine. But it's merely reshuffled, if a foreigner does it.
- TOMDM 2y ago
  Where else would you apply this reasoning? If I lose my phone it doesn't stop being a phone...
  - eru 2y ago
    Yes, but it's probably useless for anyone else (because of locking). And if you break your phone, it stops being a (useful) phone.
    - TOMDM 2y ago
      Good thing nobody's talking about breaking or locking jobs then.
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