[tartoran]

Same, it’s not necessarily about human labor, it will all be automated away eventually.

The problem is that our consumerism and the race to the bottom of consumerism (eg lots of short lived or disposable stuff) made it almost impossible to find things not made in China

I personally reduced my consumption as much as I could and continue to do so but the Iphone I am typing this on has been made in China, the laptop I use as a daily driver is made in China and so on. My strategy is to squeeze as much use as possible from these as possible to avoid all that

[jp0d]

Nice one mate.. It's true. Some of the products are unavoidable. They're being made in China because of corporate greed and demand for cheaper products as a result of consumerism. We don't need to replace a phone or a laptop every 2 years. It's planned obsolescence by many manufacturer. I could be wrong but buying local could make a difference. Especially when China is trying to punish Australia just for asking for an investigation. They've already started bullying others at this stage. Once they surpass the US/NATO in military power, who knows, how's it gonna end for us.