powowowow

A handshake is symbolic and can be easily replaced with a different symbol.

It really sucks that people are downvoting your cogent and fact-based response.

I didn't fact-check all of your links, but the first two that I randomly selected showed transit usage increasing over time.

Thanks. Sometimes I suck. I'll do better.

Americans used to spend 15% of household income on clothing, and they got fewer items of clothing in return.

I understand that you think it best if the government force me to support my inefficient local textile manufacturer, my local cotton mill, and my local cotton grower. However I don't think that's best.

The supply chains that you rail against have successfully delivered the greatest levels of prosperity to the largest number of humans in all of history.

They were created not by some mysterious force, but by individuals making rational choices about how they want to allocate their time, their energy and their resources.

The "suicidal deindustrialization" you refer to is the result of people making informed choices that you happen to disagree with. They didn't want a $400 locally knitted sweater, made from neighborhood sheep. They wanted a $40 sweater that was made as efficiently as possible, and $360 of change.

Please don't mistake your belief that you could design a better society for an actual analysis of reality.

An apology doesn't mean you took an action with bad intent; it indicates you recognize that some people were unhappy with the results of your action and that you care about those people.