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A very 17-year-old answer. "Let's just build a bunch of sci-fi AI robots tomorrow and then they can harvest all the food!"
I wish i was younger. Automation is a thing. 1 man and machines can run a whole mcdonakds by themselves. Theres automated farm equipment too.
There is some automated farm equipment, yes. But we still require about 3.5 million farm workers, and about 2.5 million of them are non-citizens.
And the idea that we'll just make lots of better robots really fast is just, you know, dipshittery. If we could do that, we'd have already done it. Don't get me wrong, it'll happen, but probably not for like 50 years.
Eliminate welfare. You'd find millions suddenly hungry for any job.
And, while not my preference, nothing prohibits you from backfilling the deported illegals with would-be legal immigrants who are waiting in their home countries instead of committing crimes.
Bill Clinton eliminated welfare in 1996 and somehow you missed the memo.
You mean eliminate SNAP? Yeah, I assure you that the $180/month debit card is not the determining factor in whether these people go work in fields and slaughterhouses. The government just hands those out at the behest of Wal Mart, to slightly reduce shoplifting.