That a manufacturing job used to provide a middle class lifestyle was an anomaly based on the US being in an extraordinary position post two World Wars that dev

That a manufacturing job used to provide a middle class lifestyle was an anomaly based on the US being in an extraordinary position post two World Wars that devastated the rest of the globe and enriched this country. Globalization has normalized labor rates to what they’re really worth. The twentieth century consumerist lifestyle is definitely not sustainable when given to every living human on earth.