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by chrisco255 313 days ago
You mean manufacturing and farming jobs? Absolutely, they're decent jobs and far more rewarding than serving diabetes to McDonald's and Starbucks patrons.

Tomato harvesting is done in an air conditioned tractor these days:

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/pDxZhOw9IH4

https://youtu.be/l4Dc6QNWiIs?si=S9qrFNpUBM5KuSrx

Production on iPhone can be highly automated these days as well. There are plenty of good examples of revitalized computer hardware manufacturing in the U.S. like the Starlink Factory in Bastrop, TX:

https://youtu.be/qz0k4wj_KlA?si=qUqJ0DWTRpHa4cgY

or the TSMC factory in Arizona, which has similar amenities to many software offices:

https://youtu.be/X3QuVwR30Uk?si=D92n34OZUpzAHIFn

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Those jobs require a ton of college education. Atleast as far as I know TSMC only allows PhDs on lithography and etching machines. And Apple smartphone manufacturing is nearly automated and most of the required personnel are engineers.