> It is unnecessary to reverse something which was not lost in the first place. As others have repeatedly pointed out all over the comments on this article the

> It is unnecessary to reverse something which was not lost in the first place. As others have repeatedly pointed out all over the comments on this article the US has continued to climb up the manufacturing food chain and dominates the top-end. It may employ fewer people, but the productivity and economic benefit of the US manufacturing sector has simply not declined at all and therefore no 'rejection of financial capitalist economic ideology' will be required. For many years, I have observed that folks in the Bay Area (if I might use that as the shorthand for those at the "top-end" of the technical food chain) tend to dismiss and deride the work further down the food chain, whether that work is "bashing metal" or piecing together business applications. There are two truths I believe about this work that some do not acknowledge: 1. People who bash metal or piece together business applications have expertise and knowledge that folks higher up the food chain do not have. Most people who make their living high up the food chain did it by proving they could rise up above those further down the food chain, so it makes sense to believe that this work is beneath them. But the domains are different, and the choice to live high up the food chain necessarily means that one chooses to miss out on experiences and knowledge that those further down the food chain will have. 2. The folks higher up the technical food chain are dependent on those lower on the food chain. If I might pick up an imperfect analogy: Sharks are higher up the food chain than fish. Fish get bossed around by sharks. But sharks are dependent on fish to survive, not the other way around.