Comment by x-complexity

> In other words, people like the idea of this, but no one actually wants this.

Misinterpretation of data.

> The other day I saw the results of a poll [1] where 80% of Americans thought the country would be better off if more Americans worked in factories. However, only 20% of Americans thought that they would be better off if more Americans worked in factories. It was surprisingly bipartisan.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/a-look-at-manufacturing-jo...

Compared to the current percentage of people employed in manufacturing (9.9% - 12,759,129 / 128,718,060), there are **more** Americans that would like to move into manufacturing, not less.