> you would have have tsmc in phillipines by now uhhhh the philippines is a very special case. the philippines used to be the most advanced sea country in the region but then terrible government and management happened and every single company moved out and into vietnam and other nearby countries due to cheaper electricity prices and a more robust infrastructure.    that's just never going to happen. the people of the us just don't have the guts to sit in a factory for 12 hours a day to pump out products like thirdies. high skilled labor is out of the question as anyone smart enough isn't willing to destroy their body to do it and anyone willing to do it isn't smart enough.  the more realistic approach is that robots and automation is going to take care of that. it'll be more expensive but there's just no way around it
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