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Michael Bloomberg Belittled Farmers, Machinists: Modern Jobs Require More ‘Gray Matter’
Michael Bloomberg Belittled Farmers, Machinists: Modern Jobs Require More ‘Gray Matter’
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-elec...facturing-jobs-for-not-requiring-brain-power/
HARIS ALIC 17 Feb 2020
Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg once claimed that farming and manufacturing jobs required little brainpower compared to the information economy, where the former New York City mayor made billions.
Bloomberg, who is under fire after a string of old sexist and racially insensitive remarks resurfaced on social media last week, made the belittling comments at a 2016 Oxford University forum in England. During the forum, the former mayor asserted that a major obstacle to uniting America’s heartland with the coasts was the inability of blue-collar workers to transition into the information economy.
“I could teach anybody, even people in this room, no offense intended, to be a farmer,” Bloomberg said. “It’s a process. You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, add water, up comes the corn. You could learn that.”
“Then we had 300 years of the industrial society,” he continued. “You put the piece of metal on the lathe, you turn the crank in the direction of the arrow, and you can have a job.”
Bloomberg proceeded to argue that with the advancement of the information economy, individuals who would have prospered in the old industrial and farming jobs are now at a disadvantage because they lack adequate education and intellect.
“Now comes the information economy and [it] is fundamentally different because it’s built around replacing people with technology and the skill sets that you have to learn are how to think and analyze, and that is a whole degree level different,” he said. “You have to have a different skill set, you have to have a lot more gray matter.”
Bloomberg added that it was unclear if the skills or “gray matter” required for such high-skilled jobs could be easily taught in schools, so the “challenge of society” was figuring out how to provide for those locked out of the information economy.
When the comments first began circulating on social media this weekend they elicited a strong rebuke from both the right and the left.
Donald Trump Jr.
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Bloomberg wouldn’t last 3 seconds as a farmer... but like his comments on minorities, you can tell he really hates regular hardworking Americans.
He will never fight for them because he couldn’t care less about them. https://twitter.com/annakellywi/status/1229197979392847872 …
Anna Kelly
[MENTION=19745]Anna[/MENTION]KellyWI
Billionaire Bloomberg claims he "could teach anybody to be a farmer," even implying that farmers don't have the same level of "skillset" or "grey matter" as folks in tech jobs.
So demeaning, elitist, and out-of-touch it's appalling.
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Time and time again we see Bloomberg insulting the middle class and the working class, union members and not yet union members
Maybe it's time for pundits to stop pretending he's just another candidate
Bloomberg is an oligarch spending his play money to buy the White House https://twitter.com/PeterMentes/status/1228518467776761856 …
Pete
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Bloomberg on why farmers can’t work in information technology
MB: “I can teach anyone how to be a farmer 1 dig a hole 2 put a seed in 3 put dirt on top 4 add water 5 up comes the corn”
The skill 4information technology is completely different you need more grey matter#farmers
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Michael Bloomberg Belittled Farmers, Machinists: Modern Jobs Require More ‘Gray Matter’
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-elec...facturing-jobs-for-not-requiring-brain-power/
HARIS ALIC 17 Feb 2020
Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg once claimed that farming and manufacturing jobs required little brainpower compared to the information economy, where the former New York City mayor made billions.
Bloomberg, who is under fire after a string of old sexist and racially insensitive remarks resurfaced on social media last week, made the belittling comments at a 2016 Oxford University forum in England. During the forum, the former mayor asserted that a major obstacle to uniting America’s heartland with the coasts was the inability of blue-collar workers to transition into the information economy.
“I could teach anybody, even people in this room, no offense intended, to be a farmer,” Bloomberg said. “It’s a process. You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, add water, up comes the corn. You could learn that.”
“Then we had 300 years of the industrial society,” he continued. “You put the piece of metal on the lathe, you turn the crank in the direction of the arrow, and you can have a job.”
Bloomberg proceeded to argue that with the advancement of the information economy, individuals who would have prospered in the old industrial and farming jobs are now at a disadvantage because they lack adequate education and intellect.
“Now comes the information economy and [it] is fundamentally different because it’s built around replacing people with technology and the skill sets that you have to learn are how to think and analyze, and that is a whole degree level different,” he said. “You have to have a different skill set, you have to have a lot more gray matter.”
Bloomberg added that it was unclear if the skills or “gray matter” required for such high-skilled jobs could be easily taught in schools, so the “challenge of society” was figuring out how to provide for those locked out of the information economy.
When the comments first began circulating on social media this weekend they elicited a strong rebuke from both the right and the left.
Donald Trump Jr.
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[MENTION=31492]Donald[/MENTION]JTrumpJr
Bloomberg wouldn’t last 3 seconds as a farmer... but like his comments on minorities, you can tell he really hates regular hardworking Americans.
He will never fight for them because he couldn’t care less about them. https://twitter.com/annakellywi/status/1229197979392847872 …
Anna Kelly
[MENTION=19745]Anna[/MENTION]KellyWI
Billionaire Bloomberg claims he "could teach anybody to be a farmer," even implying that farmers don't have the same level of "skillset" or "grey matter" as folks in tech jobs.
So demeaning, elitist, and out-of-touch it's appalling.
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People for Bernie
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@People4Bernie
Time and time again we see Bloomberg insulting the middle class and the working class, union members and not yet union members
Maybe it's time for pundits to stop pretending he's just another candidate
Bloomberg is an oligarch spending his play money to buy the White House https://twitter.com/PeterMentes/status/1228518467776761856 …
Pete
[MENTION=9676]peter[/MENTION]Mentes
Bloomberg on why farmers can’t work in information technology
MB: “I can teach anyone how to be a farmer 1 dig a hole 2 put a seed in 3 put dirt on top 4 add water 5 up comes the corn”
The skill 4information technology is completely different you need more grey matter#farmers
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Fixed it. That's the thing that bothers me the most about Trump's style is the personal insults. Low IQ is fine, because it's actually relevant. The rest of it is just as bad as calling Trump orange man. We've really devolved as a society.
