[FirmwareBurner]

>Neither Europe nor the US can compete with the level of disdain for the environment, labor laws and poverty that China brings to the table

Why haven't western governments and companies brought this up as an issue when they moved our jobs to China 30 years ago forcing us to buy our stuff but made in China while their profits skyrocketed? And bear in mind Chinese pollution, wages and living standards were way worse back then than today.

It feels incredibly hypocritical for western companies to cry about these things NOW, right when the Chinese companies have started eating their lunch on their home turf, while they rode the gravy train for 30 years. It's almost as if they wanted to have their cake and eat it too but now have to reap what they sow and they don't like it.

[mschuster91]

> Why haven't western governments and companies brought this up as an issue when they moved our jobs to China 30 years ago forcing us to buy our stuff but made in China while their profits skyrocketed?

Our people loved it for the first few years because a lot of stuff became cheaper (or affordable at all), our governments loved it because now someone else would have to deal with toxic waste, and our companies and especially their owners made untold billions of profit that they were allowed to keep.

By the time China was strong enough to begin the "extinguish" phase of their 20 year economic plan, and the Western nations could no longer hide or deny the issues, it was far too late.

[hulitu]

> It's almost as if they have to reap what they sow and they don't like it.

They do reap what they sow. The automotive industry is a victim of its own stupidity. They lobbied for features until the cars became so expensive that nobody buys them.

[LoganDark]

> They lobbied for features until the cars became so expensive that nobody buys them.

Dealerships still try to sell people on financing and that makes them so much money.