"Manufacturing is low value commodity work." Some manufacturing, yes. But most manufacturing is highly complex, starting with t he suppliers, supply lines, wor

"Manufacturing is low value commodity work." Some manufacturing, yes. But most manufacturing is highly complex, starting with t he suppliers, supply lines, workers etc. And manufacturing often brings in itself innovation. "of low value commodity bodies to screw things on" Most manufacturing is not so easy. Stitch some shoes in Africa? Maybe but even this is hard to scale in this environment. Try to assemble a complex product there. Hell, you might not even have reliable power and have to start building your own power backups there. Not talking about military dependencies. What if Taiwan returns to China and does not deliver Chips anymore? How much of the world market do they supply? 70%