Affirm's CEO is -
Naive.
Automation.
RPA - Robotic Process Automation (will continue) to replace entry-level white-collar jobs
RPA has (always) been a (Large) part of (Global) manufacturing.
AI robots (will continue) to replace employees in manufacturing as it grows.
The Unemployment rate (will rise) over time because of it, it should show even more so; over the next several years.
The Trump thesis is (Totally Wrong) for bringing back manufacturing to the U.S. (employee-wise).
Remember, AI does (not) pay Tax revenue; employees do.
Reference the exponentially rising U.S. National debt of $38.2 Trillion a year (current) in which U.S. taxpayers pay $969 Billion in Interest (almost a Trillion a year) to outside Investors (U.S. based, Japan, China; etc.) per usdebtclock.