last trip to Canada before tariffs

economic gains and human exploitation masked as a fulfillment of a childhood dream

For cultural chauvinist capitalists, the remote operation of these humanoid robots is a feature, not a bug. It is a path to continue using foreign laborers without needing to see them in person or pay them proper wages. No wonder the unelected schmuck is so excited about these.

There is no technological reason to make robots humanoid. In fact, it is a huge technical obstacle. Non-humanoid, specialized robots are cheaper, more efficient, and easier to maintain. Creating a general-use, multi-purpose humanoid robot only serves to satisfy people’s desire for a butler.

The author is pretty cooky, but he usually doesn't just make stuff up. Of course this is an exaggeration, but of what?

The passage says:
The robot is manning hundreds of spinning machines alone. He walks among hundreds of spinning machines, has an eye, stops when he sees a broken thread, takes out his hand to connect the upper and lower yarns to the upper hand, checks that the job is done, and walks away again.