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Mia Wong

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Appearances Over Time

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

does have a manufacturing economy and it is very high tech, it is not on the scale of these things, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

does have a manufacturing economy and it is very high tech, it is not on the scale of these things, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

does have a manufacturing economy and it is very high tech, it is not on the scale of these things, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And the second big reason why things are produced in China, and this is the reason why production didn't all shift out of China after 2011, when there were huge protests there and huge riots there over labor conditions, is that there was an unbelievable amount of capital outlet, this physical factory infrastructure that is in China that you can't easily just move out to another country.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And the second big reason why things are produced in China, and this is the reason why production didn't all shift out of China after 2011, when there were huge protests there and huge riots there over labor conditions, is that there was an unbelievable amount of capital outlet, this physical factory infrastructure that is in China that you can't easily just move out to another country.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And the second big reason why things are produced in China, and this is the reason why production didn't all shift out of China after 2011, when there were huge protests there and huge riots there over labor conditions, is that there was an unbelievable amount of capital outlet, this physical factory infrastructure that is in China that you can't easily just move out to another country.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And this is the basic things like the power grid functions. Right? And you can't really easily replicate that, and you can't just have this thing that all these people want to do, where, like, the U.S. will just suddenly, you know, have all of these factories, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And this is the basic things like the power grid functions. Right? And you can't really easily replicate that, and you can't just have this thing that all these people want to do, where, like, the U.S. will just suddenly, you know, have all of these factories, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And this is the basic things like the power grid functions. Right? And you can't really easily replicate that, and you can't just have this thing that all these people want to do, where, like, the U.S. will just suddenly, you know, have all of these factories, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And suddenly, like, all these things will just, like, come back, and miraculously, like, there will be all of these jobs, because, like, who the fuck is going... Like, we don't... We literally... We don't have the technology for this. Well, not so much technology, but it's like... Who is going to build all of the factories, right? Like, the factories don't exist here.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And suddenly, like, all these things will just, like, come back, and miraculously, like, there will be all of these jobs, because, like, who the fuck is going... Like, we don't... We literally... We don't have the technology for this. Well, not so much technology, but it's like... Who is going to build all of the factories, right? Like, the factories don't exist here.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

And suddenly, like, all these things will just, like, come back, and miraculously, like, there will be all of these jobs, because, like, who the fuck is going... Like, we don't... We literally... We don't have the technology for this. Well, not so much technology, but it's like... Who is going to build all of the factories, right? Like, the factories don't exist here.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

The interlinked technical systems for them just don't exist here.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

The interlinked technical systems for them just don't exist here.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

The interlinked technical systems for them just don't exist here.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Yeah, iPhone, iPhone, 20 years. Yeah, but like, you know, and like a lot of this is because, and like, you know, you're hearing a lot of reports now of like small business owners who are talking about like, yeah, it's so much easier to work with Chinese manufacturers. It's, like, impossible to work with American manufacturers. And part of that is just exploitation, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Yeah, iPhone, iPhone, 20 years. Yeah, but like, you know, and like a lot of this is because, and like, you know, you're hearing a lot of reports now of like small business owners who are talking about like, yeah, it's so much easier to work with Chinese manufacturers. It's, like, impossible to work with American manufacturers. And part of that is just exploitation, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Yeah, iPhone, iPhone, 20 years. Yeah, but like, you know, and like a lot of this is because, and like, you know, you're hearing a lot of reports now of like small business owners who are talking about like, yeah, it's so much easier to work with Chinese manufacturers. It's, like, impossible to work with American manufacturers. And part of that is just exploitation, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Like, yeah, there's a lot of things that, like, there were, like, labor conditions that are very common in China that do happen in the U.S. but are much easier to do there. But also, like, I don't know, like, China has, like, an entire network of, like,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

Like, yeah, there's a lot of things that, like, there were, like, labor conditions that are very common in China that do happen in the U.S. but are much easier to do there. But also, like, I don't know, like, China has, like, an entire network of, like,