Yeah just like all those employed in the buggy whip manufacturing industry affected a huge political groundswell when they lost their jobs because of the automobile.
Times change, jobs change, people adjust and retrain into different fields. My guess is 50% of jobs which existed in the 1940’s are gone, replaced by jobs no one could imagine back then.
You seem to believe technology advances are bad, they are not.
We’ve never had technology like AI and robots that could replace half the workforce before.
Those displaced workers will go somewhere. I am betting they will go into radical political movements.
As technology and efficiency increase, I’m willing to wager numerous jobs won’t be replaced by new jobs. It’s a legitimate concern to address.
It’s important to remember that the most difficult part of managing a business is finding, and retaining, reliable, hard working, honest, sober human beings who do not disrupt the lives of other employees, and who are not constantly searching for ways to sue you.
Whenever business owners and managers can economically replace a human worker with AI or a robot, that is EXACTLY what they are going to do!
AI and robotics have infinite potential for greater efficiency.
Human beings do not.
Bottom Line - a lot of Americans are going to need a “minimum income” by 2040.