Technology creates middle-class jobs and wealth by enabling the less skilled to perform tasks they were previously unsuited for. Where did all those factory job

Technology creates middle-class jobs and wealth by enabling the less skilled to perform tasks they were previously unsuited for. Where did all those factory jobs come from in the first place? The entire idea of assembly line manufacturing was to replace skilled artisans with unskilled repetition. Technology today is no different. The only issue most 'developed countries' have is that it's lifting millions out of poverty worldwide rather than paying union members $70/hr to tighten bolts.