Watch AMERICAN FACTORY on Netflix and then take a few hours to digest its meaning. There’s a ton of material to consider. China is one of the most ethnocentric (translated: racist) countries on the planet. They call Americans “donkeys” in the show and tout their superiority to us. Racial superiority. Work superiority. Whilst disregarding working conditions and most importantly: safety. Leftists, Demorats and American Media Maggots — you SURE you REALLY want to work under Communist rule? Because here’s one perfect illustration.
Performing the same mind-numbing job for 12 hours per day with few if any breaks, to perfection, mandatory overtime with no concomitant overtime pay, a minimum of six days a week, in perpetuity, under a rigorous and faux-“invigorated” regimen in which no one is happy and everyone is subject to job loss on a whim.
Then consider: regarding China and tariffs, let’s recall one very important thing. What is China’s most vast and valuable resource? Yes, megatons of people. That resource makes labor cheap and drives down wages. Tough to compete.
So: what does China NEVER want to see, that will minimize its importance and slaughter its power? Automation and roboticization.
The Chinese in AMERICAN FACTORY don’t mind automating as many work stations as possible to eliminate American jobs.
But what happens when you automate and roboticize jobs around the planet to the point where China no longer has the “cheap labor” advantage?
CHINA cannot automate or they create an unemployed workforce of millions — perhaps billions — of people that will then do what, having experienced employment and wealth? Demand some form of welfare or workfare. How does China handle a population that has been provided a “taste” of capitalism?
Poorly. And with devastating consequences. Loss of control. Loss of power.
Bloomberg writes:
“If US manufacturing is high-end, then China’s manufacturing, overall, is still about medium and low-end assembling.”
Automation can’t be the solution, Liu added, asking “if the US and Germany boost automation, why would anyone come from far away to invest in China?”
Because if you’re a company from another nation with boosted automation, why would you piss away cash for added energy costs and vast and extensive transportation costs from afar?
Do the math. Them take a breath and calm down. Namaste. Snatch the grasshopper.
If we play LONG BALL like President Trump is trying to do for the first time in our nation’s history, then China is no longer in the catbird seat. Their debt is high, just like ours. That is why they are rattling military sabers.
It’s time to use SUN TZU against CHINA.
Translated: China needs us more than we need them.
Start listening to and reading more of GORDON CHANG.
BZ
