AI Drives First US Grid and Blue-Collar Job Expansion in 20 Years
danielrock · x · 2026-08-25
Nic Carter argues that after 15 years of stagnation (2005-2020), AI is actually driving the reindustrialization of America's heartland. It has created a boom in skilled, high-paying blue-collar labor and massive construction. Tech companies have arrived with capital to finance the grid expansion needed for a modern electrified economy, achieving what politicians talked about but failed to deliver.
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