Please do spell it out. Why is rebuilding US semiconductor industry doomed to fail?
You will be downvoted, flagged, and then dang will arrive to warn you that this specific argument is not permitted on HN because it inevitably leads to unproductive flamewars.
To be fair, dang is completely correct in this observation. It never leads to productive discussion, but it is nonetheless verboten.
Regarding the cultural reason: Where is the obstacle? Somebody mentioned that TSMC receives the wavers from the USA. Why would it be possible to operate one set of clean-room machines, but not another? If I am not mistaken then there are also the Intel plants. They may have lost their lead, but they are still operating the machines.