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Let's stop pretending this has anything to do with natural resources or energy costs. This is 100% about the cost of labor, and the fact that China is moving p
by RhodesianHunter 7y ago
Let's stop pretending this has anything to do with natural resources or energy costs.
This is 100% about the cost of labor, and the fact that China is moving poor rice farmers out of the country and into these jobs and giving them exactly zero labor benefits or protections
- jlokier 7y agoThat's certainly a factor, perhaps the largest factor. But it's not the only factor, and not everything is about China.
- Dylan16807 7y agoEven if we moved it out of China, production for this kind of thing would still rarely be local. And factory wages in China are rising. The money saved isn't that big. The huge and currently enduring advantages areas of China have are in supply chain availability.