I think its actually happening. Started gradually. Note we are importing less oil. I see a lot of new American cars on the roads lately too.
In reality, anybody NOT involved or employed in providing food, fuel or metal etc to society is a net over head person. Sales and service people need a PRODUCT FIRST to sell or service.
It’s NOT the other way around. Production people don’t really NEED sales or service people. They can service and sell their own product if need be. But PROFITS from production of goods ALLOWS producers to hire or pay sales and service people. Including gov’t employees.
Americans were dumb to buy that old propaganda “we are going to be a service economy”. That “free trade” global communist sharing of US wealth stunt they pulled after 1975 was like $1,000,000 Obama Cares in one fell swoop.
And nobody complained.