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> We need to divest our manufacturing from China. Not gonna happen until you get rid of consumerism. People want to buy cheap shit, it gives their lives meanin
by q3k 5y ago
> We need to divest our manufacturing from China.
Not gonna happen until you get rid of consumerism. People want to buy cheap shit, it gives their lives meaning.
- me_me_me 5y agoIts not (just) that anymore, china is the new market. The new and huge revenue stream. You need to play by chinese rules or they close their market to you. Big corporations are now addicted to this opium and cant simply go back to not selling to chinese markets.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago401k owners and governments with underfunded pensions are also addicted to the opium.
- dclowd9901 5y agoWith the expectation from American companies to always be growing, it’s inevitable for them to end up kowtowing to the Chinese market, even at the expense of all other markets. I would like to see recognition from American shareholders that not only is expanding to China bad for the product but it also undermines our cultural values vis a vis problematic manufacturing.
- axiosgunnar 5y agoI said divest from a authoritorian communist regime that grew too big, not get rid of consumerism. There is Vietnam, Africa etc. We can still have our IoT toasters, just manufactures elsewhere.