That’s 80 years ago. We’re a very different country now with a very different culture and very different people. Also, at the time we were reacting to a massive, sudden, worldwide event taking place and to America herself being attacked. I don’t believe we have that kind of can-do spirit readily available to tap into today. Particularly the youth tend to want everything handed to them on a silver platter and they only want to “work” doing what they want, when they want, how they want. You think a bunch of telecommuting coders are going to roll out en masse to do hard factory work each and every day for a fraction of their salary?
I believe our path to self-sufficiency lies in gearing up largely automated factories that produce the things we need here at home. And I believe tariffs on Chinese goods and tax incentives for manufacturing here at home are how we get there. And even with an aggressive push, I think it’ll take us at least a decade or two to get there.
But I also think it’s 100% worth it to not be stuck in bed with China. They’re liars, cheats, and thieves, and they’re selling us garbage at cheaper prices because it’s produced by slaves living in a communist hell.
I agree but they are not just selling us junk, some of their products are great, iPhones among them. Granted it is Apple engineered but they make very good stuff even if stolen ideas are used.
I remember when the Hyundai (granted not Chinese)was introduced as the original disposable car, now they can offer a 200,000 mile warranty.
I believe the only thing that can save health care is Artificial Intelligence. Individual doctors can never store the knowledge of symptoms that a database can.
Manual labor will sooner than we think will become a rarity. Massive machines do farming now that used to require millions of cheap labor illegals. Machines like that require a big upfront investment that smaller farms can not come up with which will doom small farms, but it will happen.