Ask HN: What would it take to build a US version of the Shenzhen ecosystem?

It was kind of there in Detroit for a while. Raw materials came in cars came out. It used to be super vertically integrated.

You need some path that takes us on that course. War or cutting off trade with China would help force the issue. I suppose mass immigration of talent from China could help.

Some discussion of attempts to on-shore production is given here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19008032

cheap technically skilled labour, massive consumption power