Aniki

Consider:

scenario today:

labor cost for product is $3, which goes to a chinese worker. total product cost is $5.

scenario “manufactured in the USA”:

labor cost is $6, which goes to american worker. total product cost is $10.

the product gets more expensive, but the extra expenses partially go to an american worker, which again will spend the money in the US economy, so it doesn’t really cost the national economy that much.

however, the extra $4 in the “manufactured in the USA” scenario go to american middle-management and “investors” a.k.a skimmed by the owning class. that is why the people would still lose out. that is why “home-shoring” in itself is not enough; a wealth tax is also needed.

too many people conflate “not wanting foreigners to come to our country” with “not liking foreigners”.

don’t get me wrong, i have no problem with foreigners. I’m not a racist. But i don’t like them coming to our country.

I understand that we have to accept them, because (a) they need help and (b) we’re the reason they need help (the western world caused the wars in the middle east).

Still I think it’s wrong to uproot the lives of many people (moving them from one country to another). Especially I think it’s disgusting how european politicians are discussing refugees as a way to “support our economy”, as if they were a mere tool of production. We have to put people first and economy second again.