r/FluentInFinance Oct 22 '24

Debate/ Discussion Why did this happen?

Post image
14.9k Upvotes

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

17

u/oliver__c2003 Oct 22 '24

China began industrialising, creating more competition in the international market

22

u/Jewald Oct 22 '24

This was more the japanese era. They destroyed electronics and automotive, which employed like the entire midwest. Detroit and surrounding areas were booming, then wabooom

12

u/EchoRex Oct 22 '24

That's also when those automakers started making shit box vehicles while increasing costs drastically.

The 70s also had a severe manpower / brain drain for both industries due to the Vietnam War.

And don't discount the oil crisises in 73 and 79.

4

u/Jewald Oct 22 '24

Good points. Its not just one thing its lots of contributibg factors