[brailsafe]

> We are far better off for the combine harvester freeing us from harvesting wheat by hand. We are far better off for the sewing machine.

Who's "we"? It's not like the people who aren't working with a scythe have moved up to be un-employed computer programmers, they're just picking fruit now.

People who were sewing by hand as a professional don't generally get the afternoon off now to chill with their homies, they just use the sewing machine all damn day.

The only "we" who is better off are consumers and business operators, because they pay less or nothing for that labour. Nobody is talking about the comfy lives of fast fashion makers or the people who assemble our $7000 MacBook pros.