"Today, workmers compete against machines and the machines are winning, because they cost less in the long run."

And even in the short run.  And it's not just "today."  On the west coast, 110 years ago, when there were dozens of salmon canneries--staffed mostly by low-wage Chinese, Edwardian "high tech" guys invented a machine that meant fast-fast-fast cut-and-gut. Fish-per-hour production went through the roof.  Hundreds of workers went bye-bye, so many that the mechanical marvel was quickly nicknamed "the Iron Chink." I suspect laid off Chinese were not amused...

True stuff.