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		maxwell 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads > It's always going to be cheaper to make things in places where labor costs and environmental responsibility expectations are low. Yeah, offshoring was mostly about driving down costs by laundering labor and environmental law.

Sabinus 11 months ago [–]

That's why the manufacturing companies did it. The politicians allowed it because it was meant to make the world more peaceful and prosperous. Which it did, really.

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