One of the reasons I’ve only been lukewarm on fighting for higher wages in industries like fast food and manufacturing is it’s like fighting over who gets to sit on the sun deck on a sinking ship.

That is, those jobs are all going to go away. It would help people now, and that’s why I care at all. But it won’t help them for long, and the higher wages go in those fields the faster those jobs will disappear forever.

In 30-40 years, 95% of fast food jobs will be kaput.