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12 hours ago, Cameroni said:

No, you see that's where you're wrong. US companies can afford those factories and labour, they just offshore because they're greedy. But they could produce in America. Are you seriously telling me a company worth trillions like Apple can't manufacture in the US? 

Well said. IMO the US jobs were exported to China simply for GREED by GREEDY business men. Nothing to do with being good business.

Now that they don't have to employ people to make stuff, expect all those businessmen to bring manufacturing back to the US, given an incentive to do so, like tariffs.

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5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Well said. IMO the US jobs were exported to China simply for GREED by GREEDY business men. Nothing to do with being good business.

Now that they don't have to employ people to make stuff, expect all those businessmen to bring manufacturing back to the US, given an incentive to do so, like tariffs.

 

I have always felt very uneasy with Americans and Europeans exploiting Asians for a hunger wage. When I hear these calculating mothers in Thailand boast how they have a maid do all their dishes for 2000 Baht a month the injustice spider sense goes off like mad.

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Wonderful how many of the cool-aid drinkers that post on here have fallen for the "AI will fix everything" trope.

AI won't spin, weave/knit, dye and cut fabric.

AI won't sew millions of garments.

AI can't perform a manual task; it can only direct a program or a robotic machine. How much would it cost to build a factory full of cutting/ sewing/finishing robots? Probably comparable with the cost of setting up a car factory.

$200 basic T shirts would sell well wouldn't they!

 

Get real - it is the American consumer who requires cheap goods and has caused most basic products to be manufactured overseas. There is no way back except to move on to selling services and intellectual product, which the USA has already done.

 

Nike - for example, manufacture 95% of their products overseas. Product development, design, marketing etc. happen in the USA. Garments come into port at 3 USD landed and retail for 20 USD.

The manufacturer is lucky to make 15%  (45 cents) The rest goes to Nike and the retailer less transport, write downs etc.

 

So who is the winner here? Nike and the retailer, not the factory who makes the garment. The other real winner is the end customer who gets what they want at the best price.

 

Charge them the price it really costs to do all of this in the USA and hear the screams! Followed shortly by Nike going bust.

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18 minutes ago, PaoloR said:

Wonderful how many of the cool-aid drinkers that post on here have fallen for the "AI will fix everything" trope.

AI won't spin, weave/knit, dye and cut fabric.

AI won't sew millions of garments.

AI can't perform a manual task; it can only direct a program or a robotic machine. How much would it cost to build a factory full of cutting/ sewing/finishing robots? Probably comparable with the cost of setting up a car factory.

$200 basic T shirts would sell well wouldn't they!

 

Get real - it is the American consumer who requires cheap goods and has caused most basic products to be manufactured overseas. There is no way back except to move on to selling services and intellectual product, which the USA has already done.

 

Nike - for example, manufacture 95% of their products overseas. Product development, design, marketing etc. happen in the USA. Garments come into port at 3 USD landed and retail for 20 USD.

The manufacturer is lucky to make 15%  (45 cents) The rest goes to Nike and the retailer less transport, write downs etc.

 

So who is the winner here? Nike and the retailer, not the factory who makes the garment. The other real winner is the end customer who gets what they want at the best price.

 

Charge them the price it really costs to do all of this in the USA and hear the screams! Followed shortly by Nike going bust.

Thanks for stating the obvious, unfortunately most maga devotees withe don't seem to have the reasoning power to figure that stuff out on their own, or their blind obedience compels them to simply go along with the statements of the felon. 

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