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America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back

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842 points putzdown | 1 comments | 15 Apr 25 13:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.236s | 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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phendrenad2 ◴[16 Apr 25 13:41 UTC] No.43705440[source]▶
Everyone wants more manufacturing in the US, but nobody wants to be a factory worker. People would rather starve or go homeless than work in a factory. Until Americans overcome their pride, this is going to make building manufacturing in the US very difficult.
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1. BatmanAoD ◴[17 Apr 25 13:12 UTC] No.43716306[source]▶
If 20% of people really think they'd be better off as factory workers, that's actually kind of a lot. Can you imagine if 20% of the working population really did work in factories? That's an enormous number.