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Re:The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate by lotsofpulp on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:19PM (#36248300)
> Building things has been looked down upon for 40 years because boomers thought it was a step backwards since their parents worked on the assembly line.

No, it was looked down upon because the pay to quality of life ratio was much better in white collar careers. It probably still is for the most part. Wake me up when the same people are deciding between becoming plumbers or electricians rather than lawyers or doctors or engineers.

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Re:The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate by mwbajor on Thursday June 08, 2023 @04:29PM (#36248456)
Well then wake up because most of those parents didn't send their kids to school for those careers.
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Re:The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate by lotsofpulp on Thursday June 08, 2023 @05:10PM (#36249120)
But that was the goal. If they didn’t make it to the doctor/lawyer/engineer/financier level, then middle management or consultant or whatever other desk job would have to do.

Either way, a Mon to Fri 8 to 5 salaried gig with benefits requiring little travel and no health risks was a comparably better goal to aim for due to the lack of sufficient price premium for the non desk job labor.

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