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[–] Eximius 0 points 7 months ago (12 children)

There is a more fair price to pay for products, if you don't buy from china. Investing into local manufacturing makes sense. And people don't ask for fair wages, because people I talk to haven't had a raise in 10-20 years, even though inflation went crazy over the past 10 years.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Does it make sense for those five years you were talking about where everything is super expensive? Because that sounds like quite the position of privilege.

It also sounds like a very privileged position blaming the lack of fair wages on the workers not asking for them.

[–] Eximius 1 points 7 months ago (9 children)

How is it a position of privilege? It would mean that manufacturing in Europe would gain a lot of income, provide more lower skill jobs in Europe, consolidate the economy. Reduced shippings costs would directly go into the European economy.

I would like there to be more unions, otherwise large companies even in Europe are too powerful and too dehumanizing. If you don't talk about this, it will only get worse.

Buying hand-made clothes from individual artisans is actually cheaper in Europe than well-known brands, but it sadly requires more research and time for searching.

[–] Eximius 1 points 7 months ago

The imagination that prices would skyrocket is naive, I think. Yes, there could be a period of high prices, and people would buy less, and more focused on what we need (in the specific case of extreme import cut-off), but the import tax is already around 20%, if it was manufactured in Europe, that is already going directly into the profit margins.

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