While Promoting His Memoir, JD Vance Repeatedly Said U.S. Manufacturing Jobs ‘Aren’t Coming Back’ and Bashed ‘Hyper-Protectionists’ (www.mediaite.com)

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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Tbf, he's probably right that US manufacturing isn't coming back, even with current nonsense considered. Trump, as well as the four year cycle of the presidency (if, unlike me, you don't believe the republic is cooked) is too volatile to build a future on. Four years is a really short time to rearrange whole ass supply chains, especially with everyone depending on hyper fragile just-in-time supply chains. Plus, there's always the chance that Trump could wake up tomorrow, declare victory, declare tariffs woke, and move on to the next shit storm. It seems likely that for the next four years, companies will use this as a cover to raise prices on top of forwarding the costs of tariffs, and do nothing to actually rearrange supply chains. In fact, if anything, I would expect smuggling to explode in popularity, but I guess we'll see.

[-] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

He also said things about Trump that make me wonder why Trump thinks he'd be loyal.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Some people are saying he's the secret child of the master of flip flopping, whose moral beliefs are as solid as water, and the biggest sniveling weasel in all of D.C., Lindsey Graham.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I'm a fan of this type of misinformation.

[-] WuceBrillis@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Wdym? Vance is not loyal to Trump, he is loyal to Thiel from the Heritage Foundation / PayPal Mafia, and Trump only accepts his presence because he got no choice.

Trump is not a free man. He is owned, bought for campaign money. He knew it was prison or president, so he sold the government.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

This has been the GOP ticket strat since before Trump. Bush wasn't masterminding war and invasion. Cheney was in coordination with the oligarchy back then.

[-] WuceBrillis@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

The difference is who the billionaires behind the man are. These newly rich tech bros are obviously more aggressive in the abuse of citizens and dismantling of democracy than the old evil billionaires were, who had probably held their positions of power since the times of plantations and railroads.

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

When you already have more money than you or your descendants can ever spend, and you have multiple mansions, planes, and superyachts, you start coveting other things.

Now the new hobby among Sociopathic Oligarchs is collecting politicians like Pokemon cards, and certain ones are more valuable, like an elected high level politician. Of course, holding the leash of POTUS (Musk) is the most coveted possession of all, but holding the leash of the VP (Theil) is pretty good, too. Eventually, we'll see oligarchs assassinating rival politicians, so their personal pet can rise higher in rank, and thus elevate the leash-holder's status amongst his Sociopathic Oligarch peers.

It sounds like a Neal Stephenson novel, except it's real life.

[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

But I thought we crashed the market in order to bring manufacturing back to the US? It must be hard to be a republican supporter. Every day there's a new meta you gotta follow like League of Legends.

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Their lore makes 40k seem like a children's book.

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I mean, JD Vance certainly helped me realise the weakness of flesh

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

In a way he is correct - the manufacturing jobs we think of - good paying, good benefits, union-protected, etc - aren't coming back.

Does anyone believe that the MAGA Nazis are going to bring back the old manufacturing model? The entire reason they sent business overseas was to save money. Now that they've had a few decades of those fat profits, they want more. If they could only save on the expensive shipping costs, by manufacturing in America, but doing it the same way its done over there.

The new manufacturing model will be Asian-style sweatshops, no unions, low pay (less than minimum wage, if they can get away with it), teen labor, no workplace health/ safety/ environmental protections, mandated long hours, no overtime, no benefits, no sick pay, no paid vacations, no discrimination laws, corporate-friendly labor boards, high income taxes, etc.

We are already seeing a lot of serious discussion of new state laws that will do away with minimum wage, loosen child labor laws, bust unions, etc. They are already getting ready for American sweatshops, and NOBODY is talking about it.

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