with all this tariff stuff, i keep seeing libs coping that we dont need chinese manufacturing anyway (lmfao) because “they can only make cheap garbage”

these people are so fucking stupid.

US companies are ORDERING cheaply made garbage to sell you at massive profits for themselves. that doesnt mean china is incapable of making good reliable shit. your companies dictate the quality of what they’re having manufactured there. they use the cheapest materials, the lowest level of quality assurances and checks, and this is all to save them money at the expense of the product’s reliability and at YOUR expense. you’re a piggy being fed the slop you paid for. welcome to america.

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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is an old story about Japanese manufacturing circa late 70s being contracted by an American corp. Not sure how truthful it is, but the Americans create a contract that specifies an acceptable failure rate of 5% for the widgets. The Americans meet with the Japanese to receive the first shipment, and they provide the package with another small box. The Americans are perplexed. "What's is this other small box?" "Oh, those are the 5% of failures specified in our contract."

American business had to learn quality control from Asia, and yet the racist chauvinism still overrides this material reality.

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[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

It is absolutely true in spirit, Asia has always been at the forefront of quality engineering and lean manufacturing.