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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[–] niph@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The propaganda is more sophisticated than just quality though. I have a friend who insists that using Temu is evil because it’s all made by “slave labour” and even though she accepts Amazon is also bad, “it’s not the same”.

[–] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

no clue what to even do with someone like that. if you ask them how its not the same they’ll just hit the infinity loop NPC response “it just isnt”

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Lmao never mind that most Amazon sellers are just buying the same stuff in China and marking it up to twice or more the cost.