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In reply to the discussion: En el cambío climático. [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)On the other discussion, and why we need to bring all that production home. (And I support the rights of Chinese to organize, in fact any ally of labor must support labor organizing at home and abroad and unions most go international in more than just a name).
Foxxcon makes X-360s. There was a time that it was Ilegal to send a gaming console, hell a calculator, to China and the USSR. Why? The same chips were used in the space program and the strategic missile command.
You want to take a gander where the chips that drive our tomahawk systems come from these days? Not Texas, those plants closed a long time ago.
As I said a completely different discussion.
But to add I know the components in my gaming rig, hubby's, PC were made in just as bad of working conditions as the IPad. What we try to do is use hardware until it literally falls appart and not replace with each new generation. I suspect I will be able to push this iPad one to at least version six of hardware...but I will continue to look for ways to support
But the creative destruction of our high tech is to the point that kindles (made at Foxconn) can't be made in the us...no, not for the excuses given by Amazon...chiefly the factories simply do not exist in the us.
As to the solar panels on every roof, seems the Chinese, with their horrific environmental record, are embracing that plan.