Comment by ChrisMarshallNY
12 days ago
Yeah, there's no painless answer. China is not a democracy. They can force millions of people to endure terrible working conditions, pollution, corruption, and abuse, and take a very long view. The US can't do this.
Why do the working conditions need to be terrible?
Why does there need to be corruption and abuse?
Why do they have to expose their workers to pollution?
As far as I know, none of those things are required for manufacturing.
No, but like so much in life, doing it correctly is always more difficult and expensive, so people that “shortcut” the process, often win.
That’s why strong regulations are actually important (not something that businesses want to hear -until a “shortcutter” starts to eat their lunch).