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>convince them to build their next factory in China instead

No, the government doesn't do this, the shareholders do this (this includes the CEO). It's a huge red herring that delays automation from happening. Even China nowadays invests heavily into automation.

>At the basis, quite a bit of inequality is caused by the fact that some people happen to be smarter

Everytime I hear the word "talented", "bright" or "smart" on HN I don't even know what it's supposed to even mean anymore.

Somehow you deserve to be called a genius because mommy got you a contract with IBM and you decided to buy off an OS from some random guy for $50,000 and then made it run on IBM's computers.

There was also that guy who screwed over his cofounder with some social network.

Yeah sure they are now two of the richest humans on this planet but I don't think their success can be attributed to their "talent" alone. They very likely are not capable of pulling it off a second time.