@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 6 months agoGetting a human to assemble something is usually more expensive then getting a robot to do it. Provided that the human gets paid, that is.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1502arrow-down114
arrow-up1488arrow-down1imageGetting a human to assemble something is usually more expensive then getting a robot to do it. Provided that the human gets paid, that is.lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoChinese goods are heavily subsidized because the chinese state knows humans with free time and no money are an expensive liabiliry. They see busywork in itself as useful in itself, if it brings in any foreing currency on top, that’s just gravy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoOf course, Temu is a secret CCP plan to fight unemployment! Yeah, but that’s a hard fucking no. For example, https://youtu.be/vFII7t9FtO8
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoTemu ? No, that’s the structure of the whole chinese economy
Chinese goods are heavily subsidized because the chinese state knows humans with free time and no money are an expensive liabiliry. They see busywork in itself as useful in itself, if it brings in any foreing currency on top, that’s just gravy.
Of course, Temu is a secret CCP plan to fight unemployment!
Yeah, but that’s a hard fucking no. For example, https://youtu.be/vFII7t9FtO8
Temu ? No, that’s the structure of the whole chinese economy