And then you have the people, and it's a lot of people, most of whom seem to be young, well educated and politically engaged, who congregate in online communities and insist that it literally makes no difference if a job goes to Mexico (or wherever) or not.

Personally, I think if we got rid of even 50% of the stupidity and corruption in our respective societies, there would be so much to go around for everyone it would be a utopia. But if we don't do this, and soon, I'm very worried that everything is increasingly going to flow up to the top x% who own the machines, and the survival of the rest will literally be at the whim of them, their government officials, and their security forces.