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Ref. manufacturing, any serious-scale company is not going to commit to a decade-long (or more) plan to building factories in the US with this sort of uncertainty; I'm sure a few will pay lip-service to the current POTUS but what CEO is going to commit to the long-term in a country in turmoil?

And even when this is past, those same CEO's - and their successors - will think long and hard about committing to any long-term investment in the US.

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In Starcraft, the Terran Factory structure had the ability to Lift Off, fly around, and land somewhere else.

I think the obvious thing to do is for manufacturing companies to start strapping Space-X Starships to their factories. Then when the administration changes, or tariffs or taxes become more favorable in another country, they can just Lift Off and move them to the new location.

Alternatively, we could pursue a Waterworld future where all the factories float around in international waters.

All this churn is just an opportunity to think outside the box!

Semiconductor fabs are actually decently large (>20k employee) cities.

> Semiconductor fabs are actually decently large (>20k employee) cities.

Ok… Then build more pylons…

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