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Trump tells Apple CEO Tim Cook 'I don't want you building in India,' says Apple will increase U.S. manufacturing (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

There are many countries where say the equivalent of €2,000 net a month would be an above average salary and would highly competitive for a semi-skilled manufacturing position. €24 K a year in the US is nothing.

If only workers for low cost products were earning the equivalent and had "above average wages". Also above average doesn't mean much if the average is poverty; that's why I said fair wage.

I do think US workers have to experience the same struggles as their foreign comrades to understand and empathise. Maybe it will help them value their goods more. Europe could do with the same as we don't see nor care about the suffering that goes into our low cost products either. Maybe having a silicon, lithium, or rare earth mine in the backyard will make us care about product origins and the supply chain more.

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