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[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

Realistically any "bring back manufacturing" plan canwork it just takes a long time

I thought I read somewhere that it really can’t, recently. The theory was basically that America “outgrew” being a manufacturing economy and grew into a service economy.

The way it was posed made it seem like even if the huge investment was made to build manufacturing in Deerdick, Alabama to take advantage of cheep land and unskilled labor, that won’t last. That serves as a stepping stone for advancement for each group that comes behind because those poor, unskilled locals with no options aren’t oppressed anymore.