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Why in the world do you think it would take $300 to buy a pair of shoes??? Like what? You can buy all the raw materials for 10 - 15 dollars (way less in bulk)
by hattmall 4y ago
Why in the world do you think it would take $300 to buy a pair of shoes???
Like what? You can buy all the raw materials for 10 - 15 dollars (way less in bulk) and a single person can make a pair in under an hour with minimal training.
Manufacturing things in the US doesn't have to be vastly more expensive.
The greatest revolution right now is the ability to do small scale manufacturing. Now the issue is that most of the equipment IS still being made in China. That's because manufacturing in China is small scale. Even on a large scale it is still just a lot of people together doing small scale manufacturing.
They don't have the crazy advanced automated processes like you see in the stereotypical american factory with lots of parts whizzing down automated assembly lines. They just have thousands of people putting things together by hand or with modest equipment.
- hintymad 4y agoI was thinking of the price of shoes in the late 80s when Canada and US had not outsourced their shoe manufacturing, and my mom told me that it would cost more than $200 to buy a pair of decent shoes. Now adding inflation and subtracting tech improvements, I came up with the $300 number. The point is that I'm willing to pay more to see US as productive as when it was in post-WWII era.
- tacocataco 4y agoWould 3d printing be considered modest equipment? If not now, then soon as the technology matures.