What happened to the US machine tool industry?

Post by oneshtein » Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 6:39 AM UTC

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #143

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It appears the western public's understanding of geopolitical realities is always a decade behind. _Right now_, all of NATO combined can't even outproduce Russia alone. We don't need to be talking hypotheticals, it is literally happening in real time. plus if a conflict like that occurs then clearly the US has lost significant power. so why would it be a given that American neo-colonies stay on its side?

>_Right now_, all of NATO combined can't even outproduce Russia alone. What? Don't know where you're getting your sources but NATO combined definitely can outproduce Russia. Why it isn't, is that Russia is in war mobilization mode with all their industry running 3 shifts for the war effort, while NATO's industry is still in peace-time mode because they're not under attack.

Post by dchftcs » Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 7:22 AM UTC

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Brand names carry weight for several years before the damage becomes apparent. Often their cost cutting measures seem positive at first as it creates a profit uptick, but it's usually at the cost of the brand, so 3-5 years later things take a turn (once the consumer has figured out the brand can't be trusted anymore). By that point it's hard to put the blame on the appropriate person or identify the appropriate reaso…

I said it thousand times in different but related at root topics, quality and reliability are possible but why would somebody build something that would last forever? It’s more profitable to churn cheap garbage over and over specially when customers wouldn’t pay for quality products or when a new, more flashy and feature-rich one is launched everyday. It’s the same for electronics, fashion, cars, machines and anythin…

Post by black_13 » Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 7:36 AM UTC

Post by shiroiuma » Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 8:16 AM UTC

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>It works great, until the rest of the world decides that it wants to cut out the middleman. Isn't this why the US invests in having the world's biggest military by a long margin, plus the world's most powerful spy agencies? To make sure nobody dares cut them out of their privileged position otherwise they get a dose full of aircraft carriers, F-35 and B-2s after the NSA finds out what their plans is from the spyware…

I heard this was the real reason the US took out Saddam Hussein. Basically, Saddam had been saying for years that he wanted Iraq to abandon the dollar for trading its oil. If he was successful at this, other Arab Nations would most likely do the same. This wasn't acceptable to the powers in the US, so the US tax payers funded the war in Iraq to send a message to other nations: Don't even think of abandoning the dolla…

Post by dukeyukey » Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 9:41 AM UTC

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> I have seen firsthand that non-US teams building software for US consumers often don't quite understand the reasoning behind the requirements and may lack polish around basic things like English Something I'm curious about, have you seen this happen with countries culturally close to the US? Like teams based in Canada, Ireland, or the UK?

I've certainly experienced US-made software that was close to useless in the UK, demanding dates in some absurd middle-out format and expecting everyone to know what a "401k" was with no explanation, along with more minor bits of polish like saying "pound" but meaning a completely different symbol.