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You're sure, but virtually no Americans want to work in factories when there are plenty of jobs with either less physical demands or higher pay. This is a well
by SR2Z 1y ago
You're sure, but virtually no Americans want to work in factories when there are plenty of jobs with either less physical demands or higher pay.
This is a well-known problem with factory jobs: https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/americans-want-factory-jobs-reshored-dont-want-work-them/ https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/americans-want-factory-jobs-r...
It's not possible because you simply cannot afford to pay manual factory workers a competitive wage AND sell the goods from the factory for competitive prices.
Factory work coming back to America would have to look like car factories do right now: highly automated, highly skilled work that takes full advantage of cheap inputs and advanced technology. It will not be helped by raising the price of inputs, deporting engineers, and defunding research.