Welp going back half a century atleast Corporations found cheaper labor in 3rd world backwaters overseas ..
Plus "Environmental Whackjobs" goosed this Global Warming "Climate Change put all these laws & regulations further making our Industrial Base "Non Competitive"..despite still having "Higher Standards" already back then than China or Mexico have Too this day
And Corporations & Stock Share Holders got "Billions" in profits started paying off politcians keep that going & "Off-Shore" more & more this Really took off under Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush...
Now after "COVID" learned about Real "Supply" Chains and don't count on stuff from across the world just being there on a steady schedule ..
Now when this nation was hard core "Industrial" we made our own provided "Family" Supporting Jobs and had plenty of stuff plus even won WORLD WARS because could crank out weapons and airplanes back in WW2 we helped Soviet Russia under the "Lease Lend" program "Armed" Stalins Army push Nazi Germany back look it up too
Now most them old Factories & Mills have been torn down the property eventually redevelopment into Condos or Shopping Centers too basically that "Infrastructure" no longer even exists anymore if we wa ted start making our own once again take decades rebuild new plants get that rolling and running too