White-collar jobs
Good salaries symbolize the white-collar jobs in the book among the elite and educated Americans. The white-collar jobs are available only for experienced professionals who have proper education. However, white-collar jobs are on the verge of extinction due to improvements in technology and artificial intelligence.
The redundancy of the normal people
The loss of jobs in America symbolizes the redundancy of normal people. The author is an aspiring presidential candidate, and he aims to recreate jobs lost through technology and artificial intelligence. The total redundancy of the normal people is a worrying concern, according to Yang.
Big Corporations
The big corporations symbolize the need to lower production costs to maximize profitability. The goal of businesses is to get more profit and spend less on productivity. Consequently, most big corporations have embraced automation to reduce human labor. Millions of Americans are left jobless, and the trend is likely to continue in the coming years.
Technology
Technology symbolizes employment threats not only in America but globally. Ironically, technology is replacing white-collar jobs with automation; also, drivers are finding themselves jobless. For instance, Tesla is looking forward to introducing self-driving trucks that do not require human drivers to deliver goods.
The symbolism of the normal people
Job losses and hard times ahead symbolize normal people. According to Young, strategies must be put in place to ensure that normal people can put food on the table because automation has taken their jobs. Therefore, Yang proposes a system called UBI to cushion the normal people.
