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> it'll cost more... American consumers lose out in the end So does minimum wages, worker protections, paid family leave, taxes on corporate income, etc. Ameri
by rayiner 2y ago
> it'll cost more... American consumers lose out in the end
So does minimum wages, worker protections, paid family leave, taxes on corporate income, etc. America isn't just an economy populated by "consumers."
- lazyeye 2y agoYes well said. Although at some point these factories will become almost fully automated. But regardless, better to have them in the US than China.
- rayiner 2y agoYes they will. But then we’ll have them, and there will be jobs making the robots and maintaining the factories here. Also, when AI replaces knowledge economy jobs, we’ll want the “stuff making robots” in America not China. If AI makes our knowledge industry exports obsolete, then we’ll be really fucked if China has the robots that make stuff.