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The PROBLEM with Capitalism - Smarter Every Day 316 (www.youtube.com)
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Destin Sandlin examines the systemic engineering and economic hurdles involved in manufacturing a grill scrubber entirely in America. Through a deep dive into sourcing components like injection-molded knobs and specialized chain mail, the project highlights the complexities of maintaining domestic supply chains and preserving vital technical trade skills in a competitive global market.

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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

And you cant move production back because the people who know how to, are dead

That's kinda bullshit. China had no EV industry 15 years ago, until Tesla came over and showed them how to do it. Within a decade of Elon laughing at the idea of Chinese EVs, they caught up and passed him fast. They have done this again and again and again, usually with US investment. Apple spent more money in China than the Marshall plan, inflation corrected.

You can't move production back because:

  1. No US manufacturing can afford US health insurance.

  2. US manufacturing prioritizes 7 and 8, 9 figure executive compensation over R&D, the exact opposite of China.

  3. US education is so expensive, previous STEM grads have to work in finance or die of starvation. Or become social media influencers.

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