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In reply to the discussion: We romanticize manufacturing jobs when what we really miss are unions. [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)Here, I think it was this. The author has an odd insistency to look for the bright side (people will be able to pursue their interests rather than be wage slaves) but doesn't do enough to explore the political realities of keeping people secure and fed without jobs they can count on. A very interesting article regardless. Its focus is broad, not just manufacturing but other industries as well.
A World Without Work
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/world-without-work/395294/
Then there's this:
Our Jobs Are Disappearing: We Need a Guaranteed Income
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/our-jobs-are-disappearing-we-need-a-guaranteed-income
Countless other articles also write about the same need.
I hear you on your experience, but technology is maturing and the coming changes will not mirror the past 40 years, there is a huge job in automation on the horizon.