Manufacturing is never coming back to America because the American worker can’t compete with China

[Bugzbunny129]

America gonna be fine. Long as europe is lazy america will be ok.

 

[Elim Garak]

We Americans may accept unaffordable Healthcare, but we would never accept that.

 

[papa pimp]

At that point what do you need China for. Just sell the robots

In countries where theres a huge population decline forecast but industrial expertise (germany, china, etc), you hope to automate/use robots to fill in the gaps.

Urgent EU automation can curb migrant numbers and bring rapid industrial growth

Europe is being left behind on automation. With a fertility rate of 1.38 children per woman in 2023—that is, well below the 2.1 needed for population replacement—and a median age of 44.4…

brusselssignal.eu

As China’s population falls, 300,000-strong robot army keeps factories humming

The country leads the world in newly installed industrial robots, far ahead of Japan and the US.

www.scmp.com

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

India? Brazil? This guy is talking out of his bottom

 

[Diondon]

This is deplorable and inhumane
and nothing to be coveted
but hey long as I get muh iPhone

 

[Gritsngravy]

You know when people have these conversations we need to come to an understanding that we talking about a population of a billion plus compared to what like 300 something million

 

[Gritsngravy]

China, a place of cheap labor, is also the world leader in automation.



They're replacing people that make "$100 a month" with robots that are even cheaper.

It’s looking like the “worker” global bout to lose some power

Amazon is trying to replace 600k workers with robots and people say China already got them factories up and running with robots, it’s a race for robots not necessarily to improve the human worker, they way they treat education in America should show people that

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

So.....then based on what you said in your 2nd sentence, the American worker CANNOT compete with China, in the eyes of corporations

Corporations wouldnt be what they are today without American workers. Those corporations were built off the backs of American people.

 

[WIA20XX]

It’s looking like the “worker” global bout to lose some power

Amazon is trying to replace 600k workers with robots and people say China already got them factories up and running with robots, it’s a race for robots not necessarily to improve the human worker, they way they treat education in America should show people that

What's interesting to me is that Amazon doesn't need the "bottom 50-90%" of Americans

Nearly half of U.S. retail spending comes from top 10% of earners

The spending imbalance is at the highest levels it has been since Moody’s Analytics started collecting this data.

www.marketplace.org

I used to think that all this AI, Robots, automation, software, off-shoring, gig economy etc - If workers are consumers - that meant that at some point the "machine" would run out of consumers.

But apparently the answer to that is naw. The "economy" will work perfectly fine stuff for the rich. They'll just trade their money amongst themselves.

Which is kinda the problem now...but I digress.

 

[Maximus Rex]

China is not living in 2100, they are living back in later 1800s to mid 1900s US.

Back in the day, families and children in the US were living like that. Spending wages at company stores, staying in company living quarters paying rent to the company, and paying the company for other amenities. So in the end, most of their money they made was going right back to the company, and even then they still ended up owing the company money beacause their wages never covered their cost of living.

So China allows their citizens to be treated by companies now, how many American citizens were treated by companies before WW2.

Cyperpunk 2100

 

[69 others]

The workers is one peice of the equation. China is hard to beat in manufacturing cause of the infrastructure (network of high-speed rails, advanced ports, specialized industrial parks, etc), supply chain, cheap energy, cheap housing, etc.
People who think you can just bring back factories to America or just move them to other countries is in for a rude awakening. Manufacturing certain goods hasn't been done in the U.S for years or never.
Running modern factories is more than just getting a bunch of people the assemply shyt.
The Chinese are the kings of Agile manufacturing and rapid prototyping.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

@Seoul Gleou how is this "c00n babble" when OP is Black, not Chinese?

They've somehow deluded themselves into believing supporting China is a "pro-Black" position.