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America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back

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842 points putzdown | 2 comments | 15 Apr 25 13:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.564s | source
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jghn ◴[15 Apr 25 14:27 UTC] No.43693238[source]▶
The other day I saw the results of a poll [1] where 80% of Americans thought the *country* would be better off if more Americans worked in factories. However, only 20% of Americans thought that *they* would be better off if more Americans worked in factories. It was surprisingly bipartisan.

In other words, people like the idea of this, but no one actually wants this.

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/845917ed-41a5-449f-946f-70263adba...

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gosub100 ◴[16 Apr 25 12:52 UTC] No.43704862[source]▶
I would consider factory work if it paid a liveable wage and I didn't have other options.
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1. JKCalhoun ◴[16 Apr 25 13:32 UTC] No.43705322[source]▶
I started out asking myself, what would it take for American's to be okay with factory work. For example, my grandfather worked in a GM plant in Kansas City for most of his life. I mean he had started out wearing suits and doing books for a bank when he was young and fresh out of high school.

And then I remembered, oh yeah, the Great Depression happened when he was young and he was let go from his bank job — the bank folded. When the decent paying factory job at an auto assembly plant eventually came along he probably jumped at it.

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2. BriggyDwiggs42 ◴[16 Apr 25 21:19 UTC] No.43710506[source]▶
Yep, and that’s what they’re doing. They’re wrecking the economy so much that factory jobs might look desirable to some people.