“We can still produce every thing we’ll ever need... “
When I was a kid we produced everything we needed including all clothing. I had two shirts, two pairs of pants, two pairs of underwear and a handful of socks that probably came from my father’s castoffs. Clothing was expensive. Now imagine making everything essentially too expensive for the average man to buy. How long would the voters put up with that? Also, there are things we can’t make right away. For example, most microcircuits are made offshore. When I worked on classified projects in the ‘80’s there was a requirement to buy only American made stuff. It was impossible. Then there are rare elements that aren’t here in commercial quantities, or are in protected lands like parks. It’s not realistic to think we could transition back and that the government responsible would continue in power.
Your fighting yesterdays war. Any textiles that re patriot would be non union.