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[SomeGuy]

Quote:I took a look. You wrote:

The United States is number 7 on the list, and the top three countries all have manufacturing work forces that make up over 20% of their labor force, roughly double the United States' 12%.

The same source you used for these three countries also has the US with more than 20%.  But it is true than these these other countries all have large shares than the US.  Then again, they industrialized later and I believe all three run trade surpluses, which we do not as a matter of policy.

You're only interested in the automation bit?  Fair enough.

To that end, look at the sources most closely.  More specifically, make sure you are comparing labor force by occupation to labor force by occupation, and not confusing it with GDP by sector.  This is merely in the sidebar, if you choose to you can scroll down to the employment section, but the statistics used are not the same for each, but all of them imply larger shares in the manufacturing sector specifically (as compared to the broader secondary sector, which includes things like construction) as compared to the US, despite much higher rates of automation.  Glad to see you at least are acknowledging policy differences as being a factor, as opposed to some starry-eyed belief in the March of Progress leading inevitably to True Communism/Cyberpunk Dystopia (but definitely the End of Employment).