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by mitthrowaway2 249 days ago
From about the 1910s to the 1960s, the USA was considered the world's factory. If you wanted the get a product made, you'd go there to set up a production line; if you wanted to make a factory elsewhere, you'd hire American experts to teach you and tool it up for you.

The USA no longer has that role for hardware, although it does for software.