I will punish China right after I find a woman to punish junior post covid.
Priorities.
LJ
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I will punish China right after I find a woman to punish junior post covid.
Priorities.
LJ
The question is not really whether or not someone is willing to spend 5x what it cost to buy made in China as opposed to made in Canada the question is do they really need all that materialistic useless shit to begin with.
Most of these purchases scratch an itch that is only temporarily resolved then the itch comes back and the spiritual void in people comes back so they buy more and like a crack addict it goes on and on and on like an incurable fucking disease.
Obviously I am not talking about absolute necessities.
I am talking about the shallowness of materiality and consumerism most of the shit people buy they don't even need.
LJ
It has taken decades for that business model to evolve and yes there are definitely issues pitting Canadians and Americans' income against the cost of locally produced goods. It has resulted in the situation we are in now where the economics dictate production logistics, the solution would take as long to remedy with production costs being somewhere matching the income of the average western civilian but how do we get there from here.
It has to start with a plan that I personally have not seen, most of us here with our extravagant hobby can bear the cost of some costlier items but for the average Joe it would be a pretty tough argument to get him to pay double what he has to for some bare necessities.
It would be interesting to compare production standards between Canadian and Chinese manufacturers and see if Made In Canada would result in a product working twice as long as the same item being Made In China.
There are certain commodities for which each country should be self-sufficient so in the face of adversity they are not donkeys following carrots like the US asking the CCP for respirator masks.
LJ
Not anymore that's why Trump signed off on 2 trillion in relief, just like the Mexicans paying for the wall the CCP is going to pay for the Virus.
LJ
That's why I laugh when I see someone wearing a wristwatch the size of a frisbee. Or $1000 LV plastic sunglasses where the logo is bigger than the lenses, hilarious.
LJ
Not only does China manufacture so many goods that we as Canadians and the rest of the world use on a daily basis they also produce so many materials that are needed to assemble products or for manufacturing of other countries.
Textile, technology, electronics, houseware, building materials are just a very small number of them which are needed in our daily lives, yes a working person in 2020 does need the necessities such as clothes, flooring, phones, TV's, computers, blenders, fridges and so on to be able to have a life.
The question is are people able to afford to spend 3-5X more for all of these products that are necessities to be able to live and work in 2020?
China over the last decade has started to produce alot more higher quality/price products and has shifted from producing the low quality goods that were not durable and of low quality which they were happy to produce back in the 1980-90's, these manufacturing have started to go to places such as Vietnam and will be shifting mostly to Vietnam over the next decade. It's all in China's longer term plan of producing higher quality products and high value industries, essentially building up the Chinese middle class and making China less dependent on foreign consumer demand.
Exact same tactic the USA was using a century ago along it's globalization policies as well building up the middle class which the USA has gotten away from over the last 40+ years.
If ONE. good thing comes of this pandemic I hope it is a re-set of vulgar consumerism and cult-like worshipping of "premium" brands.
Never mind the price of red soled shoes, this whole mentality of wannabe rich/working poor people who create the whole. Chinese knock-off industry of fake Louis Vuitton bags, phony Rolex's etc.
And I won't cry when all these Instagram "influencers" have to get a real job instead of shilling for items that >50% of the price is to pay for "branding". Hopefully, that era of vulgar consumerism is on its way out.
A product's lifespan greatly depends on how people use or abuse them. Products are designed such that they tend to last only for the length of the warranty. Once the warranty expires you can be reasonably sure that the product is going to fail. If you use a product properly then it should lasts far longer, but if not then you can be sure that it will fail. The reason companies do that is very simple: to get you to continually buy new products.
There's no business reason to make products in Canada that last twice or more as long as a foreign made product. Companies will have a tough time charging double or more vs a foreign made product. The only exception to that rule is with luxury goods like Apple that can get away with charging more than double versus similar products that are also made in China.
That is one of the best things about COVID... I buy only things I need and make my own food rather than taking the easy way out by eating out... I'm saving a fortune.
(I have gained a problem in that I should work on my nutritional cooking. I find I'm eating more too.)
