[Boeing Guy]

Okay Cmon, I will bite. Yes the demise of factories has had a major effect on the changing fabric of our society. However the far east can and does make clothes, fabrics, most consumer goods far cheaper and more efficiently than we have ever done.
If you look back in time, during the 1970's one of the major problems that British Leyland had was this, over 80% of the workforce, who had cars, had Jappenese cars, same at Ford and Vauxhall ( though strictly speaking, they are American firms).
Primark is a great example of this in action, people love shopping there because it is cheap. Not because it is made here.