Of course as the USA's economic dominance is threatened, it really ramps up the cannibalisation and exploitation of its puppet states in Europe, etc.

At least the US still has programmers - in Europe nobody wants to program anymore - too much work. The big car companies create software centres in Munich and hire thousands on Indians on visas there, because there are no Europeans available.

I have recently talked to many young people about ChatGPT and their conclusion is that technical skills are irrelevant and they should focus only on soft skills.

Well - soft skills are the most basic level - it's just what makes us humans. Some day the non-european people doing the work will figure out that they can do the managing and talking and buzz wording just as good - but that we can't do their work because we have given up on learning the skills.