I think people are downvoting you because it sounds like you're advocating textiles be produced in the US (I know you're not).
Re:Tariffs in American History
by AdieuToLogic on Monday May 26, 2025 @09:01PM
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> I think people are downvoting you because it sounds like you're advocating textiles be produced in the US (I know you're not).
Probably.
Sometimes exploring the implications of an ill thought position leads to an unpopular conclusion. If the worst result is a few people hit a down arrow and others contemplate the exploration, so be it.
There are many worse things in life.
If American production was optimal, or even economically feasible, it would already be in place. Take, for example, textiles.
Why would an American business go through the hassle of getting a foreign company to make textile products, get them shipped across vast oceans, taking weeks if not months to do so, only to have them in stores in relatively close proximity?
We all wear clothes and purchase them regularly. So why are they not now largely made in the US?