The only solution to the jobs problem is to halt automation! So who going to support that

[MineralMan]

21. I'm sorry, but that's just silly.

Most of the manufacturing worldwide is of items that absolutely require automation. Every sort of electronic device is made of components that are impossible to make by hand. Without automation, you could not type on DU. So much of our technology would be impossible without automation. No human being can make a microprocessor or memory chip. It simply cannot be done. People put those parts together in the final assembly. That's it. And even that is becoming more automated.

How about automobiles? Every component in today's cars and trucks is made on automated equipment. Every component. Workers are needed to operate that automation, but an individual or even a group of individuals cannot manufacture those components by hand, from tires to the parts of an engine or transmission. There are a few cars that are assembled by hand and even with some parts made by hand. You cannot afford any of them. They are limited production luxury vehicles.

What about food products? Have you ever seen a food packaging line in operation? Automation does everything, from opening packaging and filling it with products to packing those packages in cases for shipping. Even the preparation of the actual food products is automated. If it weren't, you wouldn't be able to afford any of your favorite foods.

You want to eliminated automation? If so, you want to return to the 19th Century. That's not going to happen. It can't happen and still have the goods and technology we use every day.