[melenaboija]

Not sure why people keep insisting that goods from China are “cheap,” which always seems to carry a negative connotation when in reality, “cheap” is exactly what we seem to want as consumers in wealthier western countries.

And in many cases, these products are neither cheap nor expensive, they’re simply the only option, because no one else in the world manufactures them. So, what exactly are we comparing them to? And if the assumption is that producing the same goods in Europe or the US would be more expensive then that’s likely true but only because we still expect to earn a living wage, even in factory jobs

[WarOnPrivacy]

> these products are neither cheap nor expensive, they’re simply the only option, because no one else in the world manufactures them.

This is exactly it. And even if an item can be US-supplied, it's components are only available from China.

Tariffs are how we get it to stop being built in the US.