Just a thought that came to mind because IIRC, most of why offshoring happened is because Americans refuse to get paid at the low rates that the Chinas and Vietnams of this world will accept, so because wages are one of a company’s largest costs, will any of this even work long term? I don’t think there’s as many ‘disillusioned men’ that will take up the jobs as people think, but I also absolutely understand a country needs to produce a lot of its own goods to counteract stuff like war after all.
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A lot of manufacturing will come back, not nearly as many jobs though.
Do you think you could start a company selling goods on the web? Twenty years ago anybody could start a warehouse business. Today you need hordes of robots zipping around your warehouse sealing, labelling, and directing the boxes to even have a small chance to compete with Amazon.
We're on the cusp of this same kind of robotized disruption happening in all manufacturing. Not necessarily humanoid robots, which are a ways off, but ones that are easy to set up, train, that use AI to be flexible and adaptable.
Like Apple's hundreds of billions "Advanced Manufacturing Fund", do you think it's going to people turning tiny screws? That's all going to be robotized. That money is for the people who will build, program, and configure the robots.