[sethammons]

Automation has done more to remove manufacturing jobs than offshore by a significant margin. 50-70% of job loss and wage reduction can be attributed to automation.

https://www.axios.com/2021/06/17/automation-ai-income-inequa...

Even if we bring back all the manufacturing jobs we've lost, they represent fewer positions and automation will continue to be a downward force on wages.

[bavell]

Factories in the US are less automated than in many foreign countries (SK, China, Germany) [0]. Same with our ports.

[0] https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/global-robot-density...

[sethammons]

So only more automation to come, and fewer manufacturing jobs