General Motors Plant in Oshawa, Ontario

[motto (RIP)]

GM and Ford are doing the same thing in Australia. The knock on affect of plant closure is also enormous as the supporting industries shrivel up and die.
Just how do you compete with countries that have a work force based on a lower standard of living without devolving to a similar level? Throw into the mix AI and robots and the future of the working man doesn't look to bright.
I don't like to talk doom and gloom but I see no obvious answers to the problem.
It seems that industrialisation has run its course and we wait to see what technology can deliver.

David