Actually you’ve identified half the problem.
Government.
The other half the problem is ... we’ve exported all our manufacturing to China.
Government is only half our problem. We need to fix all of it:
Stop growing government. But at the same time, bring back American jobs.
We cannot just dump American jobs.
Which is what we did.
Then what?
My point remains that we must get government out of the way before blue-collar manufacturing will return. Furthermore, much of the “made in America” stuff supports labor unions that form the backbone of the American left.
No easy answers and I share your sentiments, but the problem is far more complicated than choices made by consumers.