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Comment by pavl-

7 days ago

"A nation that can’t produce [physical goods] can’t stand."

Based on what evidence?

"And I think part of the issue is that we’ve become lazy. People don’t want to work anymore"

Americans work more hours per week than a majority of countries. Low-paying factory jobs are off-shored because they're low-paying.

"So what’s the answer? Unfortunately, hardship."

You probably should do more research on the subject, and successful onshoring regimes that have been implemented by other countries. If you, for e.g., determine that America needs to produce a certain quantity of semi-conductors to insulate from various natsec risks, there are ways to tackle that problem and usually they don't involve hoping an onshore industry magically appears because you've haphazardly shivved trade across the board.