> ...replaced by automation. A much smaller number of people are making things. Some manufacturing was replaced by automation, but most of it was not. The jobs

> ...replaced by automation. A much smaller number of people are making things. Some manufacturing was replaced by automation, but most of it was not. The jobs still exist, just not in the US. Worldwide, a much larger number of people are making things. In China, manufacturing jobs account for 29% of total employment, according to UN data reported by Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-share-of-total-employment https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-share-of-to... I had to use that source because China is hiding data now and the original source at the UN no longer lists any data for China. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-data-youth-unemployment-deflation-recession-beijing-xi-jinping-2023-8?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-data-youth-une... Nonetheless, the UN still reports that many countries have more manufacturing jobs (relative to total employment) than the US. China, if 29% is correct, has the most, but almost all European nations also have more than the US. https://w3.unece.org/sdg/en/Indicator?id=166 https://w3.unece.org/sdg/en/Indicator?id=166