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80% of Americans scream, ‘Bring back manufacturing jobs!’ But ask them to actually work in a factory? Suddenly, only 20% are interested... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So extrapolating, only 75 million Americans would be better off working in a factory? Wouldn't elevating the bottom give negotiating power to those next to the bottom? What's the point of this post?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Nobody is going to be elevated here. What will happen is that republicans will crash the economy and then exploit desperate people in horrific conditions, and that's assuming oligarchs deign to even bother building any factories in US to begin with.