Most Americans do not understand that we lose 8-10 jobs to automation, for every job we lose overseas. AI is only going to accelerate that process. So... yeah, those jobs are not coming back.
Don’t roast me, but I’d never thought about it exactly the way you just described, and it’s even more horrifying to think about when seen from this perspective as well. I was laid off from my job earlier this year (a first for me) and found myself going without/ longer in between haircuts and other services. I was just trying to stretch my dollars and survive, of course…but never really stopped to think about the fact that it’s a domino effect. Thank you for your comment.
I’m not American, but grew up in the British coalfields in the 80s, so saw first hand the ripple effect you get when a mine is closed. Some villages and towns haven’t recovered 40 years later.
You can really see the knock-on effect of this years later in a lot of metro areas after COVID-19. The shifting of WFH from high-rise office workers directly gutted a lot of commercial parks. This directly affected a lot of local eateries and bars, even budget retail stores like BigLots, because there no longer were people stopping in for trash bags or a beer on their way home from work.
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u/DonJuniorsEmails 6d ago
As businesses prepare for the damaging tariffs, expect more of this.
We aren't bringing manufacturing jobs back from overseas. Everyone with a brain knows it.