Bringing “manufacturing back to the US” is a fool’s errand. The future of manufacturing is automation, not jobs.
people don't want a job, they want money and purpose
most jobs barely deliver either
> people don't want a job, they want money and purpose
And society will not give them any of that without a job.
There, now you should understand "the obsession with jobs."
> most jobs barely deliver either
And no job delivers even less.
> that is my point
You're letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Realistically, you're not going to change society to give people "money and purpose" without a job. Fixating on an unrealistic goal takes focus away from more realistic ones.
I mean, for a least a century people have been proposing using productivity improvements to increase leisure time and distribute goods more equally. And in that time work demands have increased (e.g. going from one full-time worker in a typical household to two).