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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 | 6 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.437s | source | bottom
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markus_zhang ◴[09 Apr 25 19:47 UTC] No.43636923[source]▶
I hope the elites of US are not thinking about moving shoe-making back to the US because it doesn't make sense.

I'm sure (I hope, actually) that some policymakers, or some researchers, have done some conclusive researches about -- give X years into the future, and let's see we do not want to disrupt the current social-economic reality too much (no revolution, no major wealth re-distribution, no world wars, etc.), which industries can we bring back, and into which state, and sell its products into which countries, realistically.

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1. bloppe ◴[09 Apr 25 19:53 UTC] No.43636990[source]▶
The opinions of "elites" simply don't matter. There's only one guy who matters when it comes to policy now. And he's not known for his thinking abilities
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2. markus_zhang ◴[09 Apr 25 20:00 UTC] No.43637107[source]▶
If the elites don't disagree with him I'd say they probably "in average" agree with him. Trump is just one man.
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3. booleandilemma ◴[09 Apr 25 23:28 UTC] No.43639092[source]▶
You don't actually think he's making these decisions himself do you? He has advisors for these things.
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4. doctorpangloss ◴[10 Apr 25 01:41 UTC] No.43639827[source]▶
Yes, his advisor, ChatGPT, account name donjr3@yahoo.com.
5. bloppe ◴[10 Apr 25 18:30 UTC] No.43646787[source]▶
No, he doesn't have advisors. He has a cabinet of sycophants who parrot his every flip-flop. His "advisors" have made it clear several times now that they have no idea what the plans are until they're announced on Truth social.
6. bloppe ◴[10 Apr 25 18:31 UTC] No.43646798[source]▶
Depends what you mean by "elite". Obviously a ton of people disagree with him. I'm just saying, that doesn't matter. There's not a single Republican in government that's willing to publicly contradict Trump on anything.