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It's easier to unionize domestically. Yes, they will start as non-union. But then you can unionize them.

Not to say this is the way to bring them back;; it's absolutely not. But it would be GOOD if measures were in place to actually bring them back, as they could be forced to provide higher paying jobs

That's just it .... I think part of the plan (if you can call it that) is to crater the US economy and send everyone out into the streets with nothing ... millionaires and billionaires won't be affected (or affected that much) .... once everyone is poor with no choice, no voice, no ability, no money, then you can restart and rebuild an economy built on sweatshop, low pay, even no pay, no benefits, no unions, teen labor, child labor, no health / safety / environmental regulations, mandated overtime with no OT pay, etc

Why go to Asia to get this? .... just bring it all to America. No better model of manufacturing than to do everything at home rather than send out business to the other side of the globe .

The funny thing about these automated factories is the question, how long it will take to build them and who will build them? How long until the product is done as quickly as cheaply as overseas, without these work robots constantly malfunctioning or needing repairs? There is a reason only certain industries are almost fully automated, it's simply not efficient to use (fairly expensive) robots for everything. You need a product that sells for a lot of money (like cars) for it to create a profit. But what do I know I'm not a billionaire.

As if the countries getting tariff'd don't know anything about automating factory work. It's almost as dumb as when we thought nobody else could come up with competitive AI models and the market crashed when DeepSeek was released.

Workers are getting fucked with more inflation so a handful of billionaires get significant tax breaks. There is no secondary objective.

Because they are idiots, there is no mistery, the mediocres are running the USA

Dumb Trump supporters want mindless factory jobs to return because they think it will bring back higher wages. Those high wages came from unions, not factories being uniquely high paying. Unions are the reason workers once had a fair standard of living and people need to remember their collective power.

Why the hell do these people want to be enslaved in factories anyway?

There is a very specific type of American subset that is in love with that fantasy. Real, honest, hard, labor, subservient and reliable. It gives some people purpose, value, even hope. Even for those who did not experience it firsthand, there is a tangible sense of loss for that type of American experience.

Like religion, labor can function as meaning when life appears too complex for deeper understanding.

"enslaved in factories"

Factories and similar jobs are the first ones that got unionized and work conditions ended up being the best that someone could expect without higher educations. That's what people lost with globalization and what they think they'll get back, but without unions that won't happen.