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Industrial work in USA has been indeed cheaper than in China for a few years, and not just labourers, and materials. Now, dozens more countries are jumping ont
by baybal2 5y ago
Industrial work in USA has been indeed cheaper than in China for a few years, and not just labourers, and materials.
Now, dozens more countries are jumping onto the space in the market that China is retreating from. Unfortunately, US is not one of them.
It's easier to open a factory for me even in a country like Bangladesh (which stands on ∞ place in ease of doing business index,) than in the most business friendly states in US, despite nominally better tax rates in the US, and cheaper non-labour inputs.
- mountainb 5y agoThe US also has a culture that considers hand-work to be distasteful and even evil, whereas mind-work as something to be aspired to. It's probably more prestigious to be on the dole and to be in education to your mid-30s than it is to drive a truck.
- Bayart 5y agoIt's a trope in every developed country, but I've got a bit of a different impression. Manual work seems better considered and paid in the US than in Continental Europe where I live. Furthermore, as far as I'm aware, blue collars are very poorly considered in China and the social gap between classes is greater than in egalitarian Western nations.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago>The US also has a culture that considers hand-work to be distasteful and even evil, whereas mind-work as something to be aspired to. It varies. Your statement is definitely true in most of the places the demographics on HN mostly live. But nobody is trying to build manufacturing facilities in those places.