• Salvo@aussie.zone
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    20 hours ago

    China has already successfully destroyed manufacturing in most Pacific “first world” countries by undercutting us.

    The fact that US, Australian, Japanese, Korean and New Zealand manufacturers were so ready to outsource to China in the first place, just to save a few cents in the dollar is how they got us.

    • Tinidril@midwest.social
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      16 hours ago

      Sounds more like “we got us” to me. It’s our system and our philosophies that made those pennies so precious.