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Re:The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate by balls187 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:40PM (#36247607)
3. Global pandemic making it nearly impossible for the #1 Consumer Economy to fulfill demand.

And recall Globalization was championed by Bill Clinton.

Donald Trump pumped up Tariff’s against China.

Joe Biden pushed for chip and green subsidies.

Re:The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate by FrustratedMonky on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:59PM (#36247910)
I hear this a lot about Clinton, as if it is a condemnation. Seems conveniently forgotten that it was a Republican Congress, and Republican's were the ones pushing globalization, to help big business with all that cheap labor. And Clinton went along with it to be 'bipartisan'.
Re:The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate by libraryatnight on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:19PM (#36248299)
Do we think globalization failed? because it seems to me it's just getting rebooted from the business side. The cultural impact seems too out of the bag, railing against globalization in a Clinton context just seems like bad lens to be looking through
Re:The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate by whoopdedo on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:47PM (#36248741)
2019 was the icing on a cake that began baking in 2011 when a combination of earthquakes and flooding crippled supply chains.