No, because at the time manufacturing was the cutting edge of technology and the Third World was still a farming economy. We moved on to better technology and now they’re picking up manufacturing.
You just proved my point. The anti-globalization crowd is stuck in the past and thinks 21st century American can run on a 1939 economy.
Everybody is not cut out for tech. And even if they were, THEY’RE SHIPPING THOSE JOBS OVERSEAS AS FAST THEY CAN.