Inmate Central Inmate Central, where civil and family-friendly discourse about off-audio topics (other than religion and politics) is welcome. |
|
In Reply to: There's plenty of blame to go around. posted by ghost of olddude55 on October 17, 2022 at 12:22:38:
Unbridled profit motive - a.k.a Capitalism.
It explains all.
More profit made by having production in Tiera del Fuego? Hell yes, let's do it! No malicious evil plan, just plain old greed.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - What's wrong with a globalist economy? Gets you cheap consumer goods! - vacuous 09:19:13 10/17/22 (64)
- RE: What's wrong with a globalist economy? Gets you cheap consumer goods! - fantja 21:32:36 10/18/22 (0)
- The LAST thing we need in this country is lots and lots of... - MWE 14:37:02 10/18/22 (2)
- I've always been protectionist - Jay Buridan 13:43:20 10/18/22 (0)
- * Tariffs * -- protectionist OR leveling to playing field? - Feanor 05:14:03 10/18/22 (4)
- RE: * Tariffs * -- protectionist OR leveling to playing field? - Dave_K 15:22:55 10/18/22 (3)
- Russia and China are already, in many respects, adversaries. nt. - MWE 17:39:41 10/18/22 (2)
- Russia, yes. China, not yet. - Dave_K 18:49:38 10/18/22 (1)
- RE: Russia, yes. China, not yet. - jedrider 21:00:27 10/18/22 (0)
- The hegemon has noticed development is getting out of hand. - bjh 20:05:45 10/17/22 (1)
- More broadly, it's the fear of losing one's place - Dave_K 15:07:13 10/18/22 (0)
- Cheap in the short term - LtMandella 18:43:28 10/17/22 (1)
- Right on target. nt. - MWE 17:42:31 10/18/22 (0)
- It is all built on a lie that any highschool economics student can readily point out..... - JDK 15:24:02 10/17/22 (4)
- "Liberal globalism"?? ... let's be clear - Feanor 04:32:45 10/18/22 (0)
- RE: It is all built on a lie that any highschool economics student can readily point out..... - pictureguy 23:30:55 10/17/22 (2)
- But we would be better without dumping 50 billion empty water bottles into the ocean each year right! - JDK 04:28:53 10/18/22 (1)
- RE: But we would be better without dumping 50 billion empty water bottles into the ocean each year right! - pictureguy 14:05:03 10/18/22 (0)
- I wish my state wouldn't depend on other states for so many things - Dave_K 14:48:28 10/17/22 (2)
- RE: I wish my state wouldn't depend on other states for so many things - pictureguy 23:34:38 10/17/22 (1)
- It was meant to be tongue in cheek (nt) - Dave_K 06:34:36 10/18/22 (0)
- You don't know until Pol Pot knocks on your door - Jay Buridan 13:31:21 10/17/22 (0)
- One detail being missed. - jedrider 12:51:20 10/17/22 (4)
- "postneoliberalism".... - Jim Pearce 13:35:47 10/17/22 (3)
- "Postneoliberalism", a very appropriate term nonetheless - Feanor 04:43:47 10/18/22 (1)
- well... - Jim Pearce 12:52:04 10/18/22 (0)
- still needs a few more syllables to top "antidisestablishmentarianism" (nt) - mhardy6647 14:01:32 10/17/22 (0)
- relative advantage makes a ton of sense... - Jim Pearce 11:51:58 10/17/22 (0)
- Classical economics says free trade is great, but ... - Feanor 11:43:23 10/17/22 (9)
- It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Jazz Inmate 12:01:22 10/17/22 (8)
- RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Sondek 12:16:39 10/17/22 (6)
- RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Robert J 04:47:51 10/18/22 (1)
- Unions are basic scum and frauds... - Chris Garrett 14:42:47 10/19/22 (0)
- RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Jazz Inmate 13:16:04 10/17/22 (0)
- There's plenty of blame to go around. - ghost of olddude55 12:22:38 10/17/22 (2)
- RE: There's plenty of blame to go around. - Sondek 10/17/2212:30:07 10/17/22 (1)
- It's burned into my brain. - ghost of olddude55 12:36:17 10/17/22 (0)
- For once, we agree on something. nt - ghost of olddude55 12:01:53 10/17/22 (0)
- Canada has all critical materials for EV batteries - Feanor 11:34:47 10/17/22 (0)
- "How are we gonna bring back manufacturing?" Impossible in this regulatory environment - Jazz Inmate 10:58:42 10/17/22 (9)
- Environmental protection, properly done, can HELP a nation's productivity, not hinder it. - MWE 17:48:08 10/18/22 (0)
- I agree with you on this .... - JDK 15:35:34 10/17/22 (2)
- We can't control other governments. Only our own policies - Jazz Inmate 16:30:37 10/17/22 (1)
- RE: We can't control other governments. Only our own policies - JDK 16:44:44 10/17/22 (0)
- Shoddy research. Manufacturing making somewhat of a comeback - jdaniel@jps.net 11:30:39 10/17/22 (3)
- Googling is not research. It's giving your data to a tech goliath - Jazz Inmate 11:40:52 10/17/22 (2)
- Just seems better than jumping to conclusions based upon data that ends at the tip of one's nose. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 12:01:14 10/17/22 (1)
- I don't jump to conclusions, and unlike you I don't allow myself to be brainwashed NT - Jazz Inmate 12:02:34 10/17/22 (0)
- so we've backed ourselves into a corner of our own making - Wonderful ! /nt - Story 11:26:59 10/17/22 (0)
- US government should have done what they promised - Goober58 10:13:17 10/17/22 (0)
- Our entire economy is dependent upon cheap junk - jedrider 09:49:57 10/17/22 (7)
- And yet, thanks to the global supply chain, cheap junk isn't exactly cheap anymore. - ghost of olddude55 10:00:38 10/17/22 (6)
- It is also not such a junk anymore - Victor Khomenko 10:17:41 10/17/22 (5)
- The cheap junk is still junk. - ghost of olddude55 10:32:57 10/17/22 (4)
- I stand by what I said - Victor Khomenko 10:48:07 10/17/22 (3)
- And I'm not disagreeing with you. - ghost of olddude55 10:59:53 10/17/22 (2)
- Yes, there'll always be junk - Victor Khomenko 11:11:13 10/17/22 (1)
- That's for dang sure. - ghost of olddude55 11:18:44 10/17/22 (0)
- Do we also develop our local raw materials? - Victor Khomenko 09:35:05 10/17/22 (4)
- Rare earth metals aren't all that "rare"... - dark_dave56 11:50:43 10/17/22 (0)
- RE: Do we also develop our local raw materials? - tweaker456 10:22:21 10/17/22 (1)
- Using external suppliers is perfectly fine, unless you create dependency - Victor Khomenko 10:45:08 10/17/22 (0)
- RE: I oppose part of globalization - Oldbean2 10:06:50 10/17/22 (0)
Follow Ups
- RE: There's plenty of blame to go around. - Sondek 10/17/2212:30:07 10/17/22 (1)
- It's burned into my brain. - ghost of olddude55 12:36:17 10/17/22 (0)