[Gunslingr3]

Yeah today because robots are rudimentary compared to where they will be in 10-20 years and then will put 80% of the workforce out of business.

In 1900 40% of the labor force worked on farms.

Now we have less than 2% of the labor force making a LOT more food with the aid of 5 million tractors and other capital goods. Without the availability of labor from these farms we wouldn't have had the labor to make all the other goods and services we enjoy that didn't exist 100 years ago.

[Resolute Conservative]

More is not better. I would argue that the country was better off back then when people worked harder as compared to today. Yes I am a dinosaur that does not like the modern world per se. My kids tell me I am retro.