[ModernMech]

> “It's gonna be nice if we can finally get American companies to actually support America and pay citizens what they're worth.”

Posters are skeptical because prices will raise across the board for these good. You ask:

> “what if they are largely automated”

If that’s the case, and they work where they work now as you say, then Americans will just get poorer as things become more expensive due to tariffs. The factory owner is keeps all the protectionist profits. Maybe some of that goes back into the tax base but we know these types are good at paying 0% taxes.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. That’s why socialism is relevant, because that’s the system under which this idea at a national scale actually helps workers, whereas this idea under capitalism helps mainly capitalists. Which is why I’m so confused because you keep talking about workers in your post, but that’s not who this is for.