Why Fewer American Men Work These Days

Illegal aliens and automation are taking low-skilled jobs traditionally done by male workers. The Washington Post ran an article on declining male participation in the workforce yet seeking political correctness neglected to mention the ready supply of cheap illegal immigrant labor reduces wages and demand for U.S. labor. Not everyone wants to be a college graduate or is suitable for that. In fact for men college can be a waste of time for men these days when they should be just lifting weights, posing and learning math and solar panel installation and wiring.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/20/why-americas-men-arent-working/

Automation puts a lot of people out of work. The self-driving cars, trucks and garbage truck  AI systems will continue that trend one would think.

Consider New York City garbage trucks if fully automated without drivers...platforms that move slowly around and pick up standardized trash containers...no sanitation workers strikes, no employee costs and so forth. That trend may go nation-wide. Yet it is a pejorative use of the word low-skilled and unskilled that regards male workers displaced by illegal aliens and automation non-factory tasks as without much skill.

Consider the simple fact of athletic male physical fitness for ordinary laboring. By the time of age 30 the muscle learning of a laborer differs from that of a sedentary office worker. A female skilled computer typist would at age 30 might not be able to put in a good days work as a laborer out doors yet would be paid much more these days. Even simple work skills like lawn mowing at 100 degrees f develops skills. Several years of experience make a difference in almost any non-factory work realistically, yet those skills are not valued at all except by a few employers that realize the difference experience makes.

It seems that for human beings there should be a long-term effort to create innumerable low-skill outdoor arboreal sorts of wilderness 'landscaping tasks' that would allow people of all levels of physical condition and age to earn a living. That is just a goal. I believe human beings enjoy working outdoors and in keeping the environment healthy. They can take their tech with them for information and amusement on-the-job with computerized clothing.

It seems that for human beings there should be a long-term effort to create innumerable low-skill outdoor arboreal sorts of wilderness 'landscaping tasks' that would allow people of all levels of physical condition and age to earn a living. That is just a goal. I believe human beings enjoy working outdoors and in keeping the environment healthy. Field workers can take their tech with them for information and amusement on-the-job with computerized clothing . Human beings should develop a certain ecosystem ethic that let a substantial portion of the population work in wilderness environments protecting and maybe scientifically interacting with it, as low-skilled workers not only on Earth, yet off-world too one day.