The cofounder of the $4.53 trillion AI chip giant says Americans should return to factory work—for their own prosperity and the country’s. Howard Lutnick claims technician roles can start at $90,000, no college degree required.
The point is that a billionaire CEO can’t just say “eh, people should be happy working in a factory” when he doesn’t provide the rest of the material reality that went with that when people were happy working in a factory
You know what - I’m starting to think most people here actually didn’t read the article, but only the title, and that’s where the confusion is originating from.
I’m getting paywalled now so can’t quote, but it’s more about states in general. There have been some major developments in manufacturing (especially robotics) that would allow US to jumpstart a new era of manufacturing/re-starting the industry and bring it away from China. By finding success, I believe he didn’t really mean grinding at some low entry job, but literally becoming a successful manufacturer (again?)
People are needed to watch over and maintain said robots. Pretty sure the article said that the factory jobs themselves are transforming.
Here’s the thing - I myself work in a factory, and I do exactly that - monitor the manufacturing line. I’m doing barely any hard/manual labor, most of the time I’m chilling around and I make more money than the average in my country, and since I’m in rural region where wages are naturally shit, I’m pretty much well off with said factory job. Used to work in IT, made around 30% more, but felt like I worked 200% more.
The point is that a billionaire CEO can’t just say “eh, people should be happy working in a factory” when he doesn’t provide the rest of the material reality that went with that when people were happy working in a factory
You know what - I’m starting to think most people here actually didn’t read the article, but only the title, and that’s where the confusion is originating from.
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Which part specifically are you referring to that redeems this delusional nonsense?
I’m getting paywalled now so can’t quote, but it’s more about states in general. There have been some major developments in manufacturing (especially robotics) that would allow US to jumpstart a new era of manufacturing/re-starting the industry and bring it away from China. By finding success, I believe he didn’t really mean grinding at some low entry job, but literally becoming a successful manufacturer (again?)
To invest in cutting edge robotic manufacturing to onshore in America? What, with all of the spare capital American workers have on hand these days?
People are needed to watch over and maintain said robots. Pretty sure the article said that the factory jobs themselves are transforming.
Here’s the thing - I myself work in a factory, and I do exactly that - monitor the manufacturing line. I’m doing barely any hard/manual labor, most of the time I’m chilling around and I make more money than the average in my country, and since I’m in rural region where wages are naturally shit, I’m pretty much well off with said factory job. Used to work in IT, made around 30% more, but felt like I worked 200% more.