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We could but the cheap labour element would still make ours more expensive
Its why the likes of Dyson had such a hard on for Brexit on the assumption we would dilute worker rights
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We could but the cheap labour element would still make ours more expensive
Its why the likes of Dyson had such a hard on for Brexit on the assumption we would dilute worker rights
One US government member (sorry I forget who) actually stated in response of Republican condemnation of the money going to Ukraine, that in 22-23 the US spent 5.6% of its defence budget to destroy nearly half of Russia's conventional military capability.
A lot of older Americans (and younger ones taken in by talk from the older ones or some TV commentators) view this as an internal Soviet conflict, they don't see why we should be paying to help the less Russian Rooskies fight the more Russian Rooskies >.>
Then you also have the "Why do we even have to be involved, let Europe fix their own mess" crowds.
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So why does cheap labour make the trash worth making in china but not the good stuff?
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Well basically because if you're making trash grade products out of trash grade materials you only need to employ trash grade machinists to do it, and locally they would still require minimum wage.
But if you want quality you need skilled machinists and you have to pay them for their skills.
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Being blunt about it, Trump is the reason for this America First style crap. (Which really doesn't actually help America). Ukraine may end up suffering because of it, but I hope sense prevails.
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America is frequently isolationist. They have been late to both world wars because of it and neither of those had anything to do with trump. It is phases they go through. Anyway off topic again.
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Kind of, but also the labour cost as a percentage of the product matters far more if its a trash grade low cost item.
If you can make an item in china for £1 due to very low labour costs, but its £1.50 in the UK which would you go to?
TBH I wouldnt say there is much the West can do that the chinese cannot match.
But if your spending £1m on something that would save you 5% getting it made in China would you actually bother?
it wouldnt be the first time UN peacekeepers have been fired on
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Ta for all the answers.
I'd expect 10%, maybe a little more.
A third is a whole lot of cretins. I'm genuinely surprised* at that.
* "surprised" in civil service language which means "horrified"
I'd expect 10%, maybe a little more.
A third is a whole lot of cretins. I'm genuinely surprised* at that.
* "surprised" in civil service language which means "horrified"
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Life is great, the problem is the other people. I don't even trust my own opinions.
Frankly if I was an American I'd be asking why Europe (including the UK) doesn't step up to the plate more - this isn't a situation which is going away otherwise and had a high possibility of affecting all of us if not stopped at Ukraine. People are very much mistaken IMO if they think this starts and ends with a dispute between Ukraine and Russia.
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As bad as Chernobyl. New imgary shows the dam is damaged in 3 places so about as bad as it gets.
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I was looking at the latest imagary of the dam earlier today. More I looked at it more I'm convinced this was a deliberate setting off of placed demolitions. As opposed to negligence/incompetence. I can understand the center gated section of the damn failing due to increased water/previous damage. However there is 3 clear breach points, with the most southern of the two breaches covering the Hydro generation buildings looking the most obvious/suspect.
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Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History
Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate.
Probably doesn't help the cause.
German TV Shows Nazi Symbols on Helmets of Ukraine Soldiers
In a ZDF report on the fragile cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, images were shown of soldiers wearing combat helmets with SS insignia and swastikas.
www.nbcnews.com
The west of Ukraine was full of collaborators in WW2, but it goes against the copiam/we support the latest thing trend to discuss any negatives or the reality of history. News articles are difficult to find on search engines now but Ukraine has always been riddled with corruption and extremists on both sides, Nothing has changed.
Ukrainian rightists burn alive 39 at Odessa union building
Some 1,000 Ukrainian rightists, led by the notorious Right Sector, surrounded, stormed, and burned the House of Trade Unions in Odessa last Friday, killing 39 pro-Russia demonstrators in the building.
www.peoplesworld.org
We have to put this in context though as for the old USSR countries Nazism is less about specific ideology and more about nationalism, every single time Russia has called Ukraine Nazis it's almost entirely down to them not kowtowing to Russian influence and only a small part of it is to irritate the West who have a vastly different view of what it's definition is.
Either way it's impossible to avoid these symbols for either Ukraine or Russia because a fair chunk of both militaries employ what is little more than local militia groups and for Wagner in particular the prevalence of criminals who are very likely to sport such imagery even if perhaps they have no opinion on where it came from. Does it represent the entireity of their government? Somehow I doubt it considering the rather contradictory notion of a Jewish leader and the fact that Ukraine remains democratic whilst Russia is increasingly a fascist power is probably where any serious criticism for Ukraine ends imo.
Either way it's impossible to avoid these symbols for either Ukraine or Russia because a fair chunk of both militaries employ what is little more than local militia groups and for Wagner in particular the prevalence of criminals who are very likely to sport such imagery even if perhaps they have no opinion on where it came from. Does it represent the entireity of their government? Somehow I doubt it considering the rather contradictory notion of a Jewish leader and the fact that Ukraine remains democratic whilst Russia is increasingly a fascist power is probably where any serious criticism for Ukraine ends imo.
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Riddled with and/or surrounded by. It was, and is, an idealogical choice. When your home is being occupied I am sure the focus comes quickly.
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Giving the Russians a good probing along the Southern front
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