Pete Buttigieg

Like the simple reality is we can't tolerate like it's no big deal.

Human drivers killing more than 100 people a day on our roads.

Human drivers killing more than 100 people a day on our roads.

Yeah, I'm seriously concerned about it.

Yeah, I'm seriously concerned about it.

And part of that's from growing up in the industrial Midwest.

And part of that's from growing up in the industrial Midwest.

We were told, I grew up in Northern Indiana, a lot of auto industry supply chain companies there.

We were told, I grew up in Northern Indiana, a lot of auto industry supply chain companies there.

And in the 90s and 2000s, a lot of trade and automation, but the truth is mostly automation.

And in the 90s and 2000s, a lot of trade and automation, but the truth is mostly automation.

came in and everybody was told, you know, don't worry too much about what you're doing today.

came in and everybody was told, you know, don't worry too much about what you're doing today.

The pie is going to get so much bigger that everybody will be better off.

The pie is going to get so much bigger that everybody will be better off.

And the thing is, the pie did get bigger, but the rest of that promise didn't come through and people were pissed.

And the thing is, the pie did get bigger, but the rest of that promise didn't come through and people were pissed.

People were pissed because they lost their income.

People were pissed because they lost their income.

But also, even after they got their income, if they went through a training program and got another job in a field that was growing but it wasn't who they thought they were, it wasn't connected to their sense of identity or belonging, then you continue to have a displacement that's not just economic but really deeper than that.