> destroying some of our former industries such as Steel and Automotive - see what's left of former very wealthy Detroit

And what destroyed the textile mills of North and South Carolina, which were barely organized at all? They were and still are the states with the lowest unionization rates in the country.

The difference is Michigan union activists like Larry Page's grandfather sent his son to college, and then his son writes a search engine while doing his doctorate.

Meanwhile, the profits of Carolina textile mills went elsewhere, and the people in those towns are worse off than ever.