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All true ... 50 years ago.

Today factories in the US are built automated. No jobs, not for anybody but an accountant, an administrator, a couple of engineers.

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Maybe fewer jobs per square feet, but it's the natural evolution of manufacturing. What matters is we need engineers and workers on the floor so we can innovate and develop more senior talent.

We need a percent of the workers we remember being in a factory. Not enough to even count factory jobs as a significant sector of our economy.

And to hell with those not rated 'senior talent' I guess.

Why? More jobs are still more jobs, no? In addition, each factories may hire fewer people than 50 years ago, but I hope we have a lot more factories. Having more skillful talent does not contradict my hoping that more Americans will have chance to get a decent job.

It's just so immaterial to US job health.

We have around the same factory employment today as in 1945. Despite growing population by more than 2X. 13M mostly non-skilled. Maybe 5%

>Today factories in the US are built automated.

Could I please borrow your time machine?

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