Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
Surely! That is sad, though there's an awful, terrible, enormous, lot of humanity out there who doesn't live in safety, or comfort, or much in the way of respectability, compared to us Americans, and yet they seem to be able to do just as much work of just as high quality, given the chance. And seem quite willing to do so. As much as I love a soft quality of life, there does seem to be a rather clear artificiality to it, if our products are of no better quality even though they cost so much more.The good points you've made should not however detract from the real-life reality that hundreds of thousands of American factory jobs have been lost in the last 30 years. Many of these skilled jobs allowed American families to live comfortable safe and respectable lives.
I don't think there's anything inherently WRONG with the American worker, but I don't think there's anything wrong with the Croatian, Mexican, or Chinese worker, either. Just as, so long as they are analyzed to meet equivalent standards, there's nothing at all inferior about Chinese steel vs. American steel. It's all just elements, molecules, and levels of impurity.
Again though, pride in what? Show me that the product is superior. Otherwise, you're kind of lying to me that I should take pride in something if it has no absolute value superiority over competing products.It is the pride in those skilled jobs that 'Made In America' boosters are seeking to relive when they speak of pride in American things.