Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing
by maxglute on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @10:49AM
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People idealize US regaining manufacturing glory is like climbing from 1/5 back to 5/5 US industrial peak. Meanwhile is PRC grew he denominator and working at 20/20 scale. Ultimately 20 > 5 > 1, but better 5 than 1.
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Re:Apple Accelerates US Manufacturing
by rockskon on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @04:31PM
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I mean...we're destroying advanced manufacturing where we make expensive things in exchange for cheap manufacturing of basics like textiles where tariffs of 1000% would be needed to make U.S.-made goods competitive. Exchanging high-paying jobs for poverty wage jobs.