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We got to start manufacturing everything locally.

• minikites 6y ago
  How would that address issues like this?
  • ta988 6y ago
    Not! it was just a troll. They are numerous these days trying to get people into their political discourse traps...
  • throwawaysea 6y ago
    I think it allows locality of decision making. So imagine if your state/provincial government had authority to set tighter regulations on these goods, or physically inspect facilities, or whatever else. They may not have the same reach or ability to control manufacturing elsewhere. Likewise, some other jurisdiction might decide this is NOT important to regulate or invest their time/resources on, and if so, that would be their choice.
    • minikites 6y ago
      >tighter regulations on these goods Why can't we do this for imports? >physically inspect facilities Why not just inspect the finished product like we could do with imports? I'm not against domestic manufacturing and in fact I think many governments should be creating more incentives for domestic manufacturing for economic reasons. Insisting on domestic manufacturing in this context has hints of Sinophobia.
    • sudosysgen 6y ago
      The government ordered their goods. The presence of graphene wasn't a secret at least to the importer, and at least the box I saw advertised the presence of graphene.
• sudosysgen 6y ago
  We should start more local manufacturing. That said, I don't see what it would do to the issue. It wasn't hidden that there was graphene in the mask or anything, at least to the importer, that's why they were reported by a citizen that knew the dangers of graphene.