This is just a small tidbit of total class warfare, reduction and automation of retail/service related jobs. As a kid, I knew those were dead-end jobs (as I saw older family working at jobs they hated and were still broke). I knew then, technology was the future and I began building, modding, programming computers in my teens. Much of the population doesn't share that type of drive, but the ones who do have undeniable skills and abilities to ensure they won't go hungry....ever.
I am in the tech field and look to make myself ingrained in the operations of any team I work with and update my skills as much as I can. However, I had to deal with and still deal with racism and cacs in the tech industry. So my next step is growing my Crytpo Currency portfolio and managing my other revenue streams.
The problem is COLA grew far beyond current wages and people are longing for the days of yesteryear where you could pay for college by working at McDonalds part-time. Perhaps have a house, car, couple of kids, and a summer vacation house from working at the car plant. Or more recently, get a no-money down mortgage when you only work at Wawa. That time is over and never coming back to the US.
The Endgame is indentured servitude via student loans which will be a form of population control. The Elites push the notion Blue Collar work is uncouth and White Collar (ie Joe College), is prestigious. Millions of students aren't financially saavy to understand the lifelong consequences of student debt, get a Liberal Arts degree, and end up working at Starbucks.Students then realize they are unable to pay the 70k or more in loans, they move back in with their parents, hold off on starting families and other adult milestones, and an entire American generation will end up like modern Japan with its low-birth rate crisis.
Retail jobs are already being phased out, but one must ask, do you want to work for the Gap, Target, Wal-Mart, Chuck-E-Cheese, etc for 15 or more years of your life ? Focus, drive, and determination are what's needed to succeed now since the barrier to a comfortable lifestyle is now more competitive.
Within a capitalist system such as ours, you can't save everyone. Look at Macy's, Blockbuster, Kay-Bee Toy Store, Radio Shack, K-Mart, Sears, as dying or dead entities that refused to change in a global economy.