• gradual@lemmings.world
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    13 hours ago

    Actually, it’s the American business owners that gave china the manufacturing edge.

    They cared more about maximizing profits off of Americans rather than competing with foreign companies offering customers better deals.

    Keep in mind, you’re trying to argue against industrialization right now. Are you suggesting we shouldn’t have industrialized to prevent “deskilling blue collar labor” so “China doesn’t get a manufacturing edge”?

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      4 hours ago

      I’m suggesting that the choice between industrialization and skilled labor is a false one because China is industrialized and has a highly skilled labor force. I agree this is because of American owners seeking profit, but it seems the same won’t happen to China now that they’re industrialized.