Of course thats the result.... #agsky #econsky Most Americans want manufacturing to return to the USA - they just don't want to work in the factory. - ThreadSky

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meatwatcher.bsky.social • 24 days ago

Of course thats the result.... #agsky #econsky
Most Americans want manufacturing to return to the USA - they just don't want to work in the factory.

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asthepalacesburn.bsky.social•22 days ago

20% of Americans want to work in a factory. For 20% of Americans to work in a factory, we would need A LOT more manufacturing. It's not hypocritical to say the US needs more manufacturing in support of the 20%.

meat-evangelist.bsky.social•24 days ago

Define “better off”…

🙅 Price of manufactured goods.
🙅 Reorganisation of labour pool - see above…
🙅 Increased waste and emissions

Outsourcing (not exclusively to overseas) food production and manufacturing makes a society “better off” - been the case since Roman times and before…

meatwatcher.bsky.social•24 days ago

My assumption is "better off" means financially, as in that their paypacket, job prospects would be better...

typingloudly.zip•24 days ago

Yes, but >20% of respondents say they'd rather work in a factory, when only 2% of respondents actually did work in a factory. Meaning the 80% are right.

pdpuppy.bsky.social•23 days ago

And owners don’t want to pay a living wage

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