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Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by throw0101c on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:40AM (#42932902)
> I think the unfortunate end state from that line of thinking, is that the US as a country is a 'zombie', a hollowed out shell, where there are no industries left.

An article from 2016, "Think nothing is made in America? Output has doubled in three decades":

* https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-manufacturing-dead-outp...

Manufacturing share of GDP has declined, the number of jobs has declined (due to automation), but output is up. The US the second biggest country (16%) after China (32%):

* https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/manufactu...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing#List_of_countrie...

Re:The Nation Needs a Shipbuilding Revolution by mitthrowaway2 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @01:17PM (#42936392)
Wait, is that analysis lumping energy / oil / petroleum refining in with manufacturing?