America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom

Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by walthamstow on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @03:50AM (#45577299)

Agreed. For that economy to come back, you need all possible competitors to be weak and poor, in the mid 20th century that meant either still agrarian (China) or rebuilding after war (Japan and Europe). It was a unique moment and it's never coming back.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by pessimizer on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @07:10AM (#45578595)

This doesn't make any sense at all. The reason China is dominant in manufacturing isn't because the other countries of the world were weak and agrarian and rebuilding after war.

What would be awesome is if half-assed finance bro speeches weren't being thrown around as serious macro.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by joomla199 on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @11:25AM (#45581176)

They were talking about economic boom, not manufacturing dominance.

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Re:America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom by mschuster91 on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @11:00AM (#45580902)

China wasn't a factor in global economics until the 90s, and Europe only was relevant for US growth for a very short time following WW2 and the Marshall Plan.

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