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How silly. One small company fails, and you jump to this end of the US scenario. You really need to take a step back, and get some perspective. The US is the 2
by rgbrenner 9y ago
How silly. One small company fails, and you jump to this end of the US scenario. You really need to take a step back, and get some perspective.
The US is the 2nd largest manufacturer in the world. That happens in the physical world -- something you seem to have forgotten. 150m people go to work everyday, doing plenty of things in the physical world too. Millions of businesses have figured out how to pay for health insurance, office space, and the rest that you think prevents companies from existing.
I'm sure TechShop put in a lot of effort into their locations.. but maybe you should take a tour of a Ford or Boeing plant. They operate all of that equipment, and a lot of far more advanced equipment, all at a profit.
And the socialist bit at the end? Even the Democracts arent that socialist.. no one that far left is electable in the US. Bernie couldn't even get through his own party (and before you scream: but the democrats conspired against him... that's right, his own party wouldn't go along with him).
- ataturk 9y agoToday's Democrats are pretty far to the left, but I don't think TechShops' complicated business model failed because of that. I'm sure the high cost of insurance didn't help and thank Obama for that, plus all the lawyers. But the Maker thing was a fad. It will come back a different way, it's not completely dead, it's just that people realized it is actually difficult to design, cut, carve, weld, mold and otherwise create.