[Cyropaedia]

Farm mechanization is the answer to our agricultural needs. We're already being forced more and more into that realization due to competition from other countries. A country like Brazil can sell its oranges at prices that are very competitive with our own and that's with a 15% tariff being placed on their produce.

Fully mechanizing our approach to farming is the only way our growers can stay ahead of the curve with regards to foreign competition.

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There are a number of crops you cannot mechanize. The foreign competition exists due to already having cheaper labor than we have.

Sorry but we need cheap labor to plant and harvest the crops. Not many Americans want to travel with the crops all year. It isn’t as great a job as it appears. I did it for a few summers.

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Fully mechanizing our approach to farming is the only way our growers can stay ahead of the curve with regards to foreign competition

I guess You give a Rats Butt to foreignors,,my wife sands chicken crap off eggs so you will have a good breakfast.Pure Blood ,

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

That is a crux of another issue:

With both an increase in out-sourcing blue collar jobs to developing countries, and the advent of mechanized labor, it cuts out the number of jobs for blue collar workers.

However, the ultimate goal is for robots to replace all human jobs (blue and white collar). Already, librarians aren't needed to check out materials or help with the catalog and finding things. If robots become intelligent enough (and mobile enough), they could replace humans for every job (except maybe artsy ones), and it would be a good thing for society.

That would be interesting....