[Pondman88]

"Really? You don't care whether science classes teach accepted science or not? You wouldn't care if, for example, astrology were taught alongside astronomy?"

You ever see news clips of people on the manufacturing "line"? They seem miserable. Imagine screwing a widget 8 hours a day, every fricking day....

I notice that more and more "manufacturing" is highly automated, especially the lower skilled type.

[L98Fiero]

"I notice that more and more "manufacturing" is highly automated, especially the lower skilled type."

Wanna piss off someone in manufacturing? Take one of the finished prducts off the line and tell 'em it doesn't count towards production because you are taking it back to the engineering lab for QA testing. A guaranteed cussing out where I used to work.

[Tokra]

You ever see news clips of people on the manufacturing "line"? They seem miserable. Imagine screwing a widget 8 hours a day, every fricking day....

.....for $27 an hour. Yeah - I can imagine it.

[phil_will1]

"I notice that more and more 'manufacturing' is highly automated, especially the lower skilled type."

And I notice that more and more manufactured goods are being imported, not manufactured here with more automated methods.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I notice that more and more "manufacturing" is highly automated, especially the lower skilled type.

Yep. Especially as those low skilled job often have high workcomp costs.