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Originally Posted by Azure
If bloody Tesla can design, engineer, manufacture and support sales of a bloody brand new idea like the electric car, ALL in North America, it just goes to show there is a way to get it done. We are supposed to be the leaders in automation, robotics, etc, etc and all companies care about is sending jobs overseas to cut labor costs.
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I get your sentiment but Tesla is a luxury brand. People have been paying $100k+ for those cars and they still aren't really making money.
To your larger point, I'm not sure the average person realizes that bringing the jobs home is going to mean either an increase in the cost of consumer goods or a gutting of labour laws. Sure we'll have jobs but they'll be crap jobs and we'll pay more for everything. I do agree that those countries having terrible labour conditions and us exploiting that for profit and cheap goods is a huge problem and morally suspect.
Overseas jobs are just one piece though. Most of the jobs have gone due to automation and a changing energy industry. Are the nationalists going to completely put the breaks on progress and technology?