03-06-2011, 02:43 AM
I agree, deco, we are buying a lot of stuff that's crap, when we could easily buy that crap made here (to sorta kinda put what you said another way.) The U.S. used to make some true crap that was pricey, such as Curtis Mathis TVs. Luckily for the rest of us, Panasonic (under the Quasar name at first) and Sony put them out of business.
The fascinating thing is that so many U.S. corporations today assume they need to outsource manufacturing and then someone comes along and shows them that such a phenomenon isn't necessarily required. That article is a good example.
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Dakota, the part that will really hurt your brain is the notion that the world is not that cut-and-dried. Amusing how you took one aspect of one of my concerns and like flipping on a light switch, simply decided the rest of what you consider to be the case must, by definition, be true.
Like for example how outsourcing labor and filling stores with imported goods is directly related to the capitalistic profit motive that drives everything big corporations are about, and who they must report to. Look a wee bit longer in the mirror first, the next time you're deciding who to support with votes and forum posts.
The fascinating thing is that so many U.S. corporations today assume they need to outsource manufacturing and then someone comes along and shows them that such a phenomenon isn't necessarily required. That article is a good example.
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Dakota, the part that will really hurt your brain is the notion that the world is not that cut-and-dried. Amusing how you took one aspect of one of my concerns and like flipping on a light switch, simply decided the rest of what you consider to be the case must, by definition, be true.
Like for example how outsourcing labor and filling stores with imported goods is directly related to the capitalistic profit motive that drives everything big corporations are about, and who they must report to. Look a wee bit longer in the mirror first, the next time you're deciding who to support with votes and forum posts.