re: Deindustrialization - Have We Become a Poor Country?

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The Chinese can crank out ships. We can’t.

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They can only really crank out small ones. Are you honestly scared of China's navy?

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I don’t

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Or, if you prefer pictures:



#2 in the world, bro, behind a country with 4x the population who completely focused their economic output on lower-level manufacturing. We produce a TON of goods.



We just don't focus on 3rd World lower-level manufacturing because we're the best economy in the world