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Comment by tombert

Sure, but it's worth inquiring why the jobs left in the first place.

There's probably a few hundred reasons, but I think the core one was "manufacturing in China is cheaper because labor is cheaper."

Even if China starts demanding better worker protection (and they should! I am actually fine with my products costing more if I have a guarantee that the workers were treated well), I think that there's still a reasonably high chance that manufacturing would still move to another developing country that doesn't.

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