Hallo ich mache Philosophie, Technik und Gesellschaft.

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  • Consider:

    scenario today:

    labor cost for product is $3, which goes to a chinese worker. total product cost is $5.

    scenario “manufactured in the USA”:

    labor cost is $6, which goes to american worker. total product cost is $10.

    the product gets more expensive, but the extra expenses partially go to an american worker, which again will spend the money in the US economy, so it doesn’t really cost the national economy that much.

    however, the extra $4 in the “manufactured in the USA” scenario go to american middle-management and “investors” a.k.a skimmed by the owning class. that is why the people would still lose out. that is why “home-shoring” in itself is not enough; a wealth tax is also needed.


  • Anikitome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    23 months ago

    I have good quality integrated pen. No mechanical spring, no button. Just like smartphone. Everything is glued together. Two pieces only: pen and cover only.

    (no you can’t replace the ink when it’s empty. throw the whole pen away and buy a new one. but is ok, as it costs 0.30€ in total each.)





  • AnikitoMemes@lemmy.mlHow capitalism works
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    10 months ago

    You can make it if you just believe in yourself!

    At some point one has to ask oneself not whether one can, but whether one should. Is it really worth it trying everything and giving your all for a company which will probably ditch you in the end, after all? I don’t think so. Don’t put in more effort than you expect to get as a result.







  • okaaay… So:

    Euclid (guy from ~2500 years ago) wrote a book called “Elements” where he described how various geometrical figures could be constructed with using only circles and straightlines (and their intersections).

    This is one example from that book: How to construct the equilateral triangle.



  • step 1. draw a circle A step 2. draw a circle B with the same radius and with the origin on the circle A. step 3. connect the three points (origins of two circles) and any intersection of the circles with each other, and you get an equilateral triangle.