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So when assembly line automation occurred in Detroit, those people moved on to what positions? Because... it would appear the entire place is now in shambles and never recovered. Lots of people living in what can only be described as abject poverty with no hopes of EVER getting another job that will pay them what they once earned.

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First, Detroit isn't a closed system. Yes, those jobs are gone in Detroit-but people moved elsewhere.

Almost every major manufacturing industry is now automated, we don't have to go to the future to see the effects of automation.

These assembly line workers had to have gone somewhere, because if they haven't, we'd be experiencing extreme unemployment now-let alone the future.

>because if they haven't, we'd be experiencing extreme unemployment

Born and raised and still live around Detroit. There is staggering unemployment.

I'm amazed that anyone believes otherwise...

Detroit is in shambles because it was a town living on a single Industry. That kind of model always spell doom, just like towns based on coal mining who ended up with massive unemployment. That's actually very predictable but does not represent the economy as a whole at all.

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