Michael

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The world could indeed learn a whole lot from China’s efficiency, how they do business, and specifically from their advances in manufacturing.

I see their point, but I disapprove of contributing to the destruction of the environment (from lengthy transport or industry potentially not using best emergent practices) because it’s “cheaper” and that’s what I was trying to touch on.

I’m no fan of Trump or his policies, but I don’t think it’s a necessarily a bad thing that he’s encouraging American industry to develop (even if his reasons for doing so are vastly different from my own) - but as they pointed out - his policies are hilariously not to much effect, if any.

If products produced in China and sold here in the US are “bad”, it’s solely the fault of the American capitalists who don’t have a care in the world besides selling the lowest common denominator in mass quantities, with no quality control on their side, consumer support, or care for how it’s made or transported. And of course those who blindly consume are responsible as well.

If products are made in China and consumed in the states, there is usually no way to have things repaired or serviced as a consumer. We also have no idea what chemicals are being used and are exposing ourselves to and we can’t directly control or quantify emissions from Chinese factories besides voting with our wallets. A lot of waste is produced because nothing is built to last - not because it was made in China, but because it was all orchestrated by uncaring capitalists.

If the global supply chain was localized to geographic regions, we can greatly reduce emissions from transport. With regulation and our technological advances, we can also build new industry that is significantly less harmful to the environment and the people that work and live around it. I’m not claiming that China isn’t implementing new policies or practices or trying to make light of their efforts to reduce their emissions.

Their company is not just a software development company - they are presumably designing hardware, having it produced, and selling said hardware.

If you can’t answer basic questions about the product you want produced, as a company selling hardware, then clearly you need to hire somebody who can answer those basic questions and deal with the manufacturing side of the business.

There are just very few companies left still working in manufacturing in the US, and of course they are selective about the clients they take and the projects they work on. If you can’t form healthy business relationships and learn to do business without calling people that you deal with babies for having questions or requirements, then perhaps it’s possible that you strongly consider contracting with another company to manufacture the hardware for your software.

It’s highly inefficient and harmful to the environment to ship steel across the world. We need to stop unsustainable practices, produce products locally, and develop economies of scale that make sense instead of simply “offsetting” emissions or relying on carbon capture that is not directly integrated into our industry.

That all being said, the world could learn a whole lot from Chinese manufacturing processes.

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