The skilled trades will become the bright future for the middle / average person.
Welding, plumbing, electrical work, mechanical repair, those are things a robot can’t do and someone who just came across the border can’t do right.
Mike Rowe is ahead of everyone on that curve.
My grandson (rightly IMO) chose trade school after HS. He has 8 certifications in welding and hasn’t been able to secure a job in the field in the DFW area. NO college debt!
Perhaps when the old union guys finally retire, he will be able to make a good living, as the businesses will need his skills. .....Meantime, he’s worked at Waffle House, Joe’s Crab Shack and is now driving a fork lift. Mid-20s, with skills and unable to find work in his field... Just like college grads of that age that are flipping burgers and are 10s of thousands in debt that they’ll never pay off.