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Trevor, this is just my opinion, and not a very well thought out one, but I believe the trouble is along these lines for the US:
Management, engineering and factory workers are all at odds. too bad, but...
Short term profit horizons. Think return on investment this quarter.
Reliance on American patriotic values "Buy American". funny, the only full-sized pickup truck made on USA soil is/was the Toyota Tundra (others being Canada or Mexico).
Quality (TQM) style is a "buzzword for most".
Finally, as a representative feeling something the Rolling stones put in a song a few years back comes to mind (not an exact quote), "French girls want Cartier, Italian girls want cars...American girls want everything you could possibly imagine." What I'm saying here is we're spoiled and don't have the same work ethic our parents and grandparents had.
Lest all my fellow Americans thinks I'm bashing I'm not...just an opinion of what's happening. Perhaps more interesting is to look at how the British lost control of darn near half the planet - or the arrogance of how such a tiny place (in land mass) got it in the first place.
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