That would be ok in a non-globalized world. In our world, any country that implements those laws will see a lot more offshoring.

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xg15 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

So then all the productivity improvements are nothing more than boosting the hashrate of your crypto miner? You have to do it to not fall behind, but once everyone has done it, we all end up back in the same spot where we started?

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amazingamazing 37 minutes ago | parent [-]

Unironically, yes. One saving grace is in some ways, such as medicine and technology, more will be available to you, but not for less effort.

	▲	xg15 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's kind of understandable then that parts of the younger generations aren't motivated to continue that system? (Not just in the West, also in China, see "lying flat")

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danaris 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not if that country also legislates heavy penalties for companies that produce their goods in countries with worse labor laws.

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nickff 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The economic motive for offshoring would remain (though slightly mitigated), unless that country’s demand (in each regulated sector) was much more than rest of the world’s. I personally doubt that most places are even willing to implement such legislation, given that they’re not even willing to protest PRoC’s use of slave labor and prison camps.

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anomaly_ an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You're just going to Galapagos your economy. Consumers won't put up with high prices and inferior goods. Unless you want to restrict internet/information access so your consumers don't know what they are missing out on.

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amanaplanacanal an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I dunno. Consumers put up with a lot. Why can't I buy a cheap Chinese EV again?

	▲	Avicebron 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Well the short version is that Robert Rubin and company sold our industries for parts years and years ago. And now we have to rebuild the industrial base from scratch

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youngNed an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Nah, I live in the UK, prices are higher than eu, public service is much worse, but public are voting for the party with members that brought this about.

Humans are weird.

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xg15 25 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Almost like we needed some international worker's organization to put pressure on all relevant countries at the same time...

	▲	AndrewKemendo 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Hey don’t go talking crazy about some kind of global labor solidarity and collective bargaining

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idle_zealot 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hey, if fuel gets expensive enough this will be much less of a problem! Let's all thank Trump and Iran for their great work on bringing the four day work week closer to fruition. This isn't how I would've imagined bringing industry back to the States, but it's a promise made, promise kept.

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jmyeet 38 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

This has the same energy as "if we tax the billionaires, they'll leave". That statement and yours are wrong. Why? Because if it was profitable, they would've done it already. Pretty much any employer would use you as fertilizer if there was an uptick in the stock price.

But let's say it's true. Great. Punish them with tariffs. They also have diminished political power because they're no longer a local employer.

We are colletively at a breaking point as a society where people legitimately can't afford to exist in a society that will soon mint its first trillionaire. This is beyond even French revolution levels of wealth inequality.

	▲	FridgeSeal a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		Fully agreed. “Oh but businesses will leave” Yeah so what, if they do, we either didn’t want them, or they _actually won’t_ despite the squealing, or they will go, and if their segment of the market is useful, will get snapped up by new/local versions which do respect local constraints from the get-go. All of these are better outcomes than not doing anything because “what if”.