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by hugh3 5514 days ago
This isn't really a good or a bad thing, its just a reflection of how that country's resources fit into the global economy.

Yes and no. The fact is that some people are dumb. Half the population has a two-digit IQ. As we transition from an economy full of easy jobs (guy who puts things together on a construction line) to hard jobs (guy in charge of a hundred robots which put things together on a construction line) we run out of things which these sorts of people can actually do.