I would argue that in many places closing coal mines was the policy and governments did pass laws to speed up the process. Not really the case with manufacturing plants.
I knew a guy who left Detroit at 30 to install A/C systems in Florida, made good money but by 40 he was tired of crawling around hot attics, so he went back to school, learned to code and went back to Detroit to work software instead of the factory floors… he did alright, didn’t set the world on fire, but also didn’t retire to an early grave with health problems from breathing fiberglass in 130 degree confined spaces.
That is what the democrats told people who lost their jobs to closed coal mines and closed manufacturing plants.
Democrats didn’t close the manufacturing plants. Capitalists did.
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Serving capital has been the primary organizing function of the Democratic Party for at least the last 40 years.
Yes, both parties. But they didn’t pass any laws to ban manufacturing in US. Capitalists moved manufacturing to Asia because it was cheaper.
Both parties virtually paved the way for jobs to leave the country - it didn’t benefit the majority of their constituents.
Biden tells coal miners to “learn to code” – The Hill | https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/476391-biden-tells-coal-miners-to-learn-to-code/
I know, that’s why I said “manufacturing plants” and not “coal mines”.
Capitalists closed the coal mines too.
Modern day mining techniques require a small fraction of the manual labor they used to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining
(Of course they also probably ruin the environment, but nobody seems to give a shit about that.)
I would argue that in many places closing coal mines was the policy and governments did pass laws to speed up the process. Not really the case with manufacturing plants.
Closing coal mines is probably good policy anyway. Coal mines suck it.
I knew a guy who left Detroit at 30 to install A/C systems in Florida, made good money but by 40 he was tired of crawling around hot attics, so he went back to school, learned to code and went back to Detroit to work software instead of the factory floors… he did alright, didn’t set the world on fire, but also didn’t retire to an early grave with health problems from breathing fiberglass in 130 degree confined spaces.