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> Maybe that’s true, but it also hollowed out the U.S. manufacturing base and consequently the middle class. Citation needed. Edit: Just as a counter point co
by G3rn0ti 5y ago
> Maybe that’s true, but it also hollowed out the U.S. manufacturing base and consequently the middle class.
Citation needed.
Edit: Just as a counter point consider reading this article: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-schiller-shrinking-middle-class-20190131-story.html https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-schiller-shrinki...
- TrispusAttucks 5y ago[1] China really is to blame for millions of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs, new study finds [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/china-really-is-to-blame-for-millions-of-lost-us-manufacturing-jobs-new-study-finds-2018-05-14 https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/china-really-is-to-bla...
- ItsMonkk 5y agoI encourage everyone who cares about this space to watch the 1994 Charlie Rose episode with Sir James Goldsmith[0]. He nailed it. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmOkaKh3-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmOkaKh3-s
- naasking 5y agoThe middle class in cities is probably doing fine. Rural areas not so much, and that's where the manufacturing base was gutted. Offshoring has had a large negative impact there and also made our supply chains more fragile as we found out during COVID. These facts are a big reason why Trump's anti-China message really resonated in those areas.
- notfromhere 5y agoCities had pretty substantial manufacturing bases before deindustrialization. Middle class in cities is shrinking, and most American cities of any notable size are split between knowledge workers and a service worker underclass. That’s why so many American cities are split between very nice neighborhoods aNd those that resemble 80s Detroit.