Yet we continue to manufacture and export more than ever. Your emotions don't trump economic reality even though you feel like they do.
That is not true.
We have now fallen to number two in exports to the globe, in my opinion that is directly because we import so much from China.
That is neat trick there. We use to manufacture amount A and now we manufacture amount B which is larger than A. But with out off shoring we would have manufactured amount C which is way larger the B. But C doesn't matter to you.