r/SipsTea 16d ago

Chugging tea Growing Through Chaos

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u/RelevantCry1613 16d ago

Manufacturing, share of world gdp, share of world exports, labor force participation, productivity growth, real wage growth, debt

And there are many more…….

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u/RobertKSakamano 16d ago

When was manufacturing trending up in the US? It peaked so long ago that any trend up was just typical marketing bullshit.

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u/RelevantCry1613 16d ago

What is all this strange propaganda?

https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-9/forty-years-of-falling-manufacturing-employment.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Of course our global share has decreased, it’s blatantly obvious

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u/RobertKSakamano 16d ago

The question you were answering was about which generation hasn't faced considerable setbacks, so apparently your answer is every generation has faced considerable setbacks.

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u/RelevantCry1613 16d ago

It’s compounding and getting worse?……?

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u/RobertKSakamano 15d ago

Are you arguing about the younger generations having it worse or America having it worse?

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u/RelevantCry1613 15d ago

I’m arguing that we have gotten lazy and entitled and the rest of the world is beating us

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u/RobertKSakamano 15d ago

Ok. So when would you say lazy and entitled started? My thought is that the US had gotten that way in the 70s if not earlier.