Would you buy a $22 American made shovel when an $8 China made one is available?

[AverageJoe90]

174. Jake, you're missing MY point.

See? You keep claiming I'm portraying ordinary Chinese in a bad light. That wasn't my intention; many Chinese are hard workers, and I don't blame the workers themselves as the problems at hand are not at all their fault.
However, though, as I stated, many factories in China are run by assholish tyrants who practically slave their workers to death, as well as obsess over making as many goods as possible without regards to safety or quality and the fact is, factories that DON'T engage in such, and do make quality products, and do treat their workers correctly are sadly, the exception rather than the rule.

And before you run your mouth about being me being provincial anymore, I should point out that I know full well that there were factories here in America who were almost as bad. And I certainly do blame selfish, money-grubbing CEOs as well. Fact is, were it not for these greedy pricks, there would be a far higher number of quality products still made in America. At least you and I can agree on that, I hope.

As I said, lots of Chinese are hard working and I don't blame the street-level working men & women for what goes on in these factories. But my other point still stands that the neo-cons do want us to believe that Chinese cheap labor factory managers & owners do a far better job of making goods than those of union factories here in America, when the truth is the exact opposite.