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America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back

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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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1. x-complexity ◴[18 Apr 25 07:26 UTC] No.43725836[source]▶
> In other words, people like the idea of this, but no one actually wants this.

Misinterpretation of data.

> 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.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/a-look-at-manufacturing-jo...

Compared to the current percentage of people employed in manufacturing (9.9% - 12,759,129 / 128,718,060), there are **more** Americans that would like to move into manufacturing, not less.