I often wonder if mankind is just slowly becoming more free.
As each person is able to do a bit more and accept a bit more freedom.

You pointed to it, but didn't go into much detail, that without the "wealthy" factory owners, there aren't many people who could make a factory.

A dozen factory workers, although they might know each step in assembly, can't create a factory. The organizational structure is beyond their ken. The acquiring of all the parts beyond their ability.

So, the dozen factory workers... by themselves, would never make a factory.

And although i wish for garage sized factories, i find that there are few that can run them. Even 3D printing, which any 5th grader can run, is beyond many.