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China alert
For the inebriated, or slow- witted like me, reduce the risk of misery | |
A smart piece of software for your browser which pops up a warning "You do know that you are purchasing this from China, don't you??"
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[+] But what to do about the itty-bitty Chinesium parts buried in everything? |
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These days I think you don’t even need software, you could just put a sticker on your screen. [+] |
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It's nothing idealistic, it's just that you sometimes wonder why things haven't come. Plus yes there's the quality point. |
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Instead of a boolean flag, isChinese, you need more of a vector of chinoiserie, with at least three different percentages, indicating Chinese raw materials, Chinese labour and Chinese ownership. |
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If there were just these three, they could be mapped to a colour. |
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What's not made in China? What's the nature of the "misery"? |
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I'm typing this on a Macbook pro which is 100% manufactured in China, with the parts bolted together in Cork so that Apple only has to pay 0.005% tax into the Irish Republic..... so where is it made? |
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"Apple has faced controversy regarding its tax arrangements in Ireland, where it had a significant presence, including operations under the "Double Irish" structure. This structure allowed Apple to shift a large portion of its profits outside the EU, effectively reducing its tax liability to very low levels, even as low as 0.005% in 2014" |
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A breakdown of the components in manufactured items, how much tax was paid on them and to whom, would make really interesting reading. |
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