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"Manufacturing economy" was a meme sold to gullible nostalgic masses Work is work, money is money. There's nothing fundamentally more important about manufactu
by rat87 5y ago
"Manufacturing economy" was a meme sold to gullible nostalgic masses
Work is work, money is money. There's nothing fundamentally more important about manufacturing then other types of jobs. The US still has tons of manufacturing but unsurprisingly its on the backs of much fewer jobs, many of which require more education and specialization then manufacturing economy of old used to supply
- paulmd 5y ago> There's nothing fundamentally more important about manufacturing then other types of jobs. the idea that manufacturing is the only work that matters is especially bizarre on a social media website for tech workers. microsoft or oracle or any number of other software products absolutely deliver value to customers just as much as a machine stamping out parts, those companies couldn't work without that software just like they can't work without an assembly line or a delivery truck or whatever.
- tehjoker 5y agoCustom machine logic is a kind of manufacturing and the people doing the production are for the most part the engineers.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoManufacturing is lower on the hierarchy of needs, however when you are blocked from getting these basic needs your economy immediately crumbles. You can get by without services, you can’t get by without manufacturing. There are no tech workers without computers.
- rat87 5y agoLuckily you can buy computers from other countries Same with food. It's not anything special. A way to earn a living/have an economy as a country is as good as any other.