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<blockquote data-quote="Matthew Merkle" data-source="post: 113684" data-attributes="member: 6498">Re: NAMMMotorola is moving their factories back to the USA, and prices haven&#039;t skyrocketed in response (in fact, the Moto X is probably the best value phone they&#039;ve released in ages). There&#039;s no law of the universe that says you can&#039;t have a factory in the USA and have low-cost products.Not to mention, your cavalier dismissal of American workers demonstrates a severe misunderstanding of the situation. The most significant issue with Chinese manufacturing isn&#039;t quality. It&#039;s the labor force. In most cases, it&#039;s barely a step above slave labor. Long work days, disgustingly low pay, blatant disregard for basic human rights, and skyrocketing suicide rates. If nothing else, we shouldn&#039;t be accepting of this sort of treatment of fellow human beings. But of course, they&#039;re in China, far far away from us, so it&#039;s easy to just pretend this isn&#039;t happening.You want good value. There&#039;s nothing wrong with that. But don&#039;t act like Chinese labor is somehow the answer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matthew Merkle, post: 113684, member: 6498"] Re: NAMM Motorola is moving their factories back to the USA, and prices haven't skyrocketed in response (in fact, the Moto X is probably the best value phone they've released in ages). There's no law of the universe that says you can't have a factory in the USA and have low-cost products. Not to mention, your cavalier dismissal of American workers demonstrates a severe misunderstanding of the situation. The most significant issue with Chinese manufacturing isn't quality. It's the labor force. In most cases, it's barely a step above slave labor. Long work days, disgustingly low pay, blatant disregard for basic human rights, and skyrocketing suicide rates. If nothing else, we shouldn't be accepting of this sort of treatment of fellow human beings. But of course, they're in China, far far away from us, so it's easy to just pretend this isn't happening. You want good value. There's nothing wrong with that. But don't act like Chinese labor is somehow the answer. [/QUOTE]

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