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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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689 points taubek | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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JSR_FDED ◴[09 Apr 25 13:42 UTC] No.43631980[source]▶
It’s like people excited about the new datacenter being built in their town, think of all the jobs that will bring they cry. Nobody realizes it takes 6 people to run a datacenter.

Bringing “manufacturing back to the US” is a fool’s errand. The future of manufacturing is automation, not jobs.

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xienze ◴[09 Apr 25 14:06 UTC] No.43632300[source]▶
I think you're missing that the bigger value is having the manufacturing on your home soil instead of depending on being in the good graces of China.
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1. hello_moto ◴[09 Apr 25 14:15 UTC] No.43632414[source]▶
If US doesn’t need X, X will try hard to avoid US (who’s bullying everyone right now).

Eventually US will be in isolation.