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[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

you can blame the gov't officials and corporations who got in bed with china at the expense of our manufacturing and our workforce. you can blame the gov't and corporations when there is full-frontal attack on nation's citizens (White Male Christian/TradFamilies, etc...)

China is the fucking borg and all it took was kickbacks, bribes, and spies.

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Hard to stomach his insufferable whining and refusal to place them blame on the people who put this system in place, but he is right about one thing. If we don't find the people who can rise above the system and succeed in spite of it we are in for a hard time. That being said, the demographics collapse will hurt our country the least of every other one on the planet. We may not succeed because of ourselves, but it looks as though we may succeed in spite of ourselves. Although I hate to admit it, immigration and the brain drain that comes with it will put us in a position where we can't fuck it up no matter how much we want to.

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It's an 8 minute video, if that's too long, just watch this part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HryiadpkssQ&t=493s

"you need to be better"

Of all people it was Melania Trump who said not just "be better" but "Be Best". What a tragedy for America the MSM kept her hidden for 4 years.

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We need him to get politically involved. He could make a difference.

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He does. He runs Diysolar.com which is a one of the best discussion boards around on the subject.

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Thanks! I’ll check him out.

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This guy isn't seeing the 30k ft view.

You cannot simply start your own manufacturing plant, there will be far too many regulations and taxes. chinese don't have to put up with that.

He thinks people should simply focus on building something and become educated, yes this is true you do need that. But he is looking at the micro picture, not the macro picture.

It is a complex story. Even tariffs become a problem for the small guy. I cannot sell something in another country, the tariffs will be too high and very few or no one will buy it. Meanwhile we can buy shit from that country with little to no tariffs.

Here's a comment I saw:

Its really hard to compete when your competition has direct government support, a massive industrial espionage apparatus, ZERO issues with things like lawsuits, taxes, environmental oversight, government Bureaucracy, unions, workplace safety inspections and regulations. No minimum wage. You can be better and smarter all you want. China will steal the IP and leverage everything listed above to destroy you by flooding the market place with products made from your IP.

another:

I think you have the cart in front of the horse. Manufacturing, mechanical, and chemical engineering have left us explicitly because of the economic choices leaders have made over the last 50 or so years. The things you are talking about are symptoms of this problem, not the cause.

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I agree. He's right that people need to try their best, but he's wrong about the prospects for our people actually succeeding. Good American engineers are designing things to be produced in China, not the USA, and it's entirely outside of the abilities of an individual entrepreneur to change that without governmental change. After the Chinese have gotten American expertise and technology, they don't need us, and won't be hiring Americans anymore when Chinese will do just as well, meanwhile Americans have been discriminated against by our own universities for decades. Of course no one's becoming an engineer or starting American companies. Why would they? Ambition and drive are necessary but not sufficient for success.

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This guy is a moron. He thinks government isn't the one causing all the problems, when it is literally the entire problem.

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Will is a bit odd but I have been following him for a while and even bought his book, it's not the best but it's a way to compensate him for his videos.