Will Page @wiajp.bsky.social

If you're going to fully automate a factory, why do it in a country whose comparative advantage is cheap labour, no health and safety and anti union labour laws?

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Completely Black @completelyblack.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 00:21 UTC

They also effectively have lax environmental laws. Other, slightly less toxic, reasons are: - the raw material (i.e. cheap plastic) can be purchased locally and cheap, - cheaper power(?), - Chinese based investor partners?.

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Foxy esquire @foxylustygrover.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 00:11 UTC

Something else suss?

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Sarah @destructokea.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 02:15 UTC

If I had to guess - the fully automated factory is a bit aspirational(1), and local labour will be used as a stopgap measure in the interim(2). (1) impossible (2) for the foreseeable future

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