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It means it supports a lot of jobs. Large auto plants can directly employ 10,000+ people.

foobiter 6y ago
also more money from tarfiffs, taxes, shipping, local assembly plants rather than offshore... moving massive machinery all over the world nonstop is really enormous compared to just about anything in retail
azinman2 6y ago
So do computers.
- tablespoon 6y ago
  >> It means it supports a lot of jobs. Large auto plants can directly employ 10,000+ people. > So do computers. Computers don't directly employ anyone, yet. Nitpicking aside, the vast bulk of the jobs enabled by computers in the US, Japan, and Germany will be completely unaffected by computer production delays. I'm guessing there's far more auto than computer production in those countries, so auto production difficulties have a more immediate effect.
  - azinman2 6y ago
    Cars similarly don’t directly employ as they’re not sentient beings. Computer production is just one part of the economic puzzle. The real question is what economic activity do computers and automobiles enable.
    - tablespoon 6y ago
      > Cars similarly don’t directly employ as they’re not sentient beings. Yes, but auto plants do directly employ people.
      - azinman2 6y ago
        As do tech companies and the factories that make their products. I fail to see why that’s relevant.
- nicbou 6y ago
  Cars are being manufactured in the above countries. You can likely name one automotive city in those countries. Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, Detroit, Fremont and so on. The US, Japan and Germany are the 2nd, 3rd and 4th largest automotive producers in the world. Consumer electronics tend to be manufactured elsewhere, so far from these countries' respective electorates that slave labour could assemble them for all they care. Their jobs are not on these countries' list of priorities.
  - azinman2 6y ago
    Is software not manufacturing? How many software engineers are there in the US compared to auto workers? All of this also ignores the larger economic picture— autos transport goods and people, computers are used to do work in nearly every field. They’re both instrumental to the economy.

also more money from tarfiffs, taxes, shipping, local assembly plants rather than offshore... moving massive machinery all over the world nonstop is really enormous compared to just about anything in retail

azinman2 6y ago

So do computers.

tablespoon 6y ago
>> It means it supports a lot of jobs. Large auto plants can directly employ 10,000+ people. > So do computers. Computers don't directly employ anyone, yet. Nitpicking aside, the vast bulk of the jobs enabled by computers in the US, Japan, and Germany will be completely unaffected by computer production delays. I'm guessing there's far more auto than computer production in those countries, so auto production difficulties have a more immediate effect.
- azinman2 6y ago
  Cars similarly don’t directly employ as they’re not sentient beings. Computer production is just one part of the economic puzzle. The real question is what economic activity do computers and automobiles enable.
  - tablespoon 6y ago
    > Cars similarly don’t directly employ as they’re not sentient beings. Yes, but auto plants do directly employ people.
    - azinman2 6y ago
      As do tech companies and the factories that make their products. I fail to see why that’s relevant.
nicbou 6y ago
Cars are being manufactured in the above countries. You can likely name one automotive city in those countries. Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, Detroit, Fremont and so on. The US, Japan and Germany are the 2nd, 3rd and 4th largest automotive producers in the world. Consumer electronics tend to be manufactured elsewhere, so far from these countries' respective electorates that slave labour could assemble them for all they care. Their jobs are not on these countries' list of priorities.
- azinman2 6y ago
  Is software not manufacturing? How many software engineers are there in the US compared to auto workers? All of this also ignores the larger economic picture— autos transport goods and people, computers are used to do work in nearly every field. They’re both instrumental to the economy.