A major reason why the switch in the U.S. failed in the 70s was because the manufacturing sector revolted and didn't want to do the extra work to switch to metr

A major reason why the switch in the U.S. failed in the 70s was because the manufacturing sector revolted and didn't want to do the extra work to switch to metric. I mean, what the hell, we are cutting their taxes to single digits anyway, might as well write this one off too.