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by Vt71fcAqt7 1045 days ago
Reciprocally, when low wages are available in manufacturing, comapnies are less likely to use automated proccesses because labor is so cheap it can cost less to eg. have two buckets/wheelbarrows between two parts of a factory line with one person to swap them rather than use a conveyor belt. Getting 100% automation would allow factories to come back to the US but getting that last 20% at a competitive cost is difficult. See America’s largest tool company couldn’t make a wrench in America (wsj.com).[0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36828861