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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Trump and the cultists love to blame free trade deals, but curiously never blame the biggest culprit by a significant margin, technology and automation. When even China is losing manufacturing jobs to automation, blaming trade deals seems very misguided. I mean I'd be fascinating to see Trump remove Murica from all trade deals since it'd likely lead to a depression greater than 1929, but yeah we'd sort of take a huge hit too.
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How do you compete with China? It's not a level playing field. They don't have the same environmental and labor laws so they can do things much cheaper. Automation also creates jobs as well, it's not just completely one sided.