> The US would be a weaker nation if we had to commit a bunch of human capital to textiles. While I probably agree with the broader idea, I can't help but thin

> The US would be a weaker nation if we had to commit a bunch of human capital to textiles. While I probably agree with the broader idea, I can't help but think that at root, sentiments such as these are the root cause of our industrialization and significant but hand-waved human costs here that have been incurred.