> Why work on a manufacturing line producing required and high-demand materials and equipment
We're rapidly reaching the point where 'manufacturing' will be what farming is today.
Farming employes (iirc) 3% of the US population. Yet they feed _everyone_. No one _has_ to be a farmer: people _choose_ farming.
Automation allows fewer people to make more stuff. People will choose to labor in a factory for the same reason they choose farm work: it's challenging, fun, and an interesting way to make a living.
We're rapidly reaching the point where 'manufacturing' will be what farming is today.
Farming employes (iirc) 3% of the US population. Yet they feed _everyone_. No one _has_ to be a farmer: people _choose_ farming.
Automation allows fewer people to make more stuff. People will choose to labor in a factory for the same reason they choose farm work: it's challenging, fun, and an interesting way to make a living.