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Maybe Americans should start trying to start more on-shore factories. (Just thinking about that makes me laugh. The environmentalists, the labor folks, the rea
by javajosh 5y ago
Maybe Americans should start trying to start more on-shore factories.
(Just thinking about that makes me laugh. The environmentalists, the labor folks, the real-estate folks, the local and state tax authorities -- all will either slow things and/or get their cut. From what I understand the sad truth is that the CCP's real economic advantage lies in ignoring the environment, workers rights, and real-estate rights. So we are stuck with on-shore "too much" and Chinese "not enough" in each of these categories. Plus, our justice system is entirely dysfunctional and slows everything down 100x and increases cost of everything 1000x).
- m0zg 5y agoDon't forget "climate change", which people with "luxury beliefs" believe can just go away if we move all manufacturing to China and make it completely infeasible to do any on-shore manufacturing. Instead it gets worse, since they won't be subject to any restrictions until IIRC 2030, and you have to burn oil to get stuff from there to here.
- javajosh 5y agoIndeed. Two aphorisms come to mind: out of sight, out of mind. And: perfect is the enemy of good.