America and the West are on the downswing. SE Asia and Asia in general are on the upswing. If you want a better life you want to move to SE Asia. The cost of living in VN is pretty amazing.I have a buddy who is living on 1000 USD a month. Has a beautiful condo on the beach. A maid that cleans and cooks for him. His quality of life is much much better than it ever was when he lived in America.
I do think automation will take away lower tier jobs, like cashier and truck driver. Do I think it will have be wide spread and eliminate 90% of jobs. No, I seriously doubt it. It's going to come in waves. Automation will come in slowly and take away a few positions, and it will build up from there. We don't really know how far it will go though. We have to wait to find that out. IMO, I think it's wishful thining that Yang will solve everyones money woes. The issue is people are terrible with money. They are terrible producing it. They are terrible saving it. And, they are terrible investing it. It's why lottery winners go broke. Financial IQ is in the guitter. Anyway, what's to say that people don't ask for more money. You gave us $1k. Why not $1,500. Or, why not $2k and on. Where does it end?
I still believe in the American system. My sister who is gay, is a computer programmer. She is in a field dominated my men. Guess what her yearly salary is? It's $120k a year and she's up for another raise. Why is she successful? It's because she works and is extremely focused. She produces results and is rewarded for it. People hate when I say that, but it's true. To say that there aren't opportunities anymore is ridiculous. The same people who state this usually have terrible habits. They play video games for hours on end. Are on socail media for most of the day. Watch Netflix for ungodly hours. They typically waste money and their time. Yea, it's a blank statement but there is some truth to it. If we were to look down on their day to day you'd see some pretty bad habits that are holding them back. No one is agaist you. In fact, it's your mindset. It's you against you. Period.
Finally, stop wishing for how you'd like to see life. When you realize that life is hard and it is incredibly UNFAIR. Then you can move forward. But when you constantly blame others, and want handouts then you become the victim. Even if Yang were elected as POTUS it would take a tremoundous amount of support to get this past, which ain't happening in in our current climate. In 20-years? Maybe. Now though? I seriously doubt it. It's on you to step up. Not the politicans. You don't like your job. Move. You want a better life? Invest in yourself. The government isn't going to come and save you. You can either take the red or blue pill. Take the red pill. See the world for how it is, and not for how you'd like it to be.