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"Ron Paul: the real reasons behind U.S. - China tensions" https://www.kitco.com/news/2020-09-11/Ron-Paul-the-real-reasons-behind-U-S-China-tensions.html 1091041439608385538

See those performance reports on desks in companies? What do you think happened to all that Taylorism and scientific management?

Why do you think the bulk of the labor force is in the service industry? Why do you think more went to college and moved away from the factory work that their fathers did? Why do you think more moved from farms to factories? About Ford, why do you think not only Ford but many industrialists...

Outsourcing was by combinations of economic factors: the use of the dollar as a global reserve currency which made exports more expensive and imports cheaper, the lower costs attained when manufacturing near export markets, and so on. It's the same factors which led to political differences.

Read John Taylor Gatto. The problem started much earlier, with an emphasis on proficiency brought about by standardized, formal education. The main proponents of such a system were not Marxists or anyone like them but industrialists like Carnegie and Rockefeller.

"Ron Paul on Biden Administration’s Ukraine Freak-Out: Pretense for War?" https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2022/01/24/ron-paul-on-biden-administrations-ukraine-freak-out-pretense-for-war/

Why do you think more U.S. companies started outsourcing starting in the 1970s? Why do you think that video looks less relevant now as more workers are in the service industries? OTOH, is the video also relevant?

How do you think it started? Many moved from agriculture to manufacturing to avail of higher income, but more complained after they got the same pay while Ford got more through his assembly line system, so he upped the wages in exchange for continued productivity. From there, more began to avail...

In most parts of the developing world, you'd be paid around $10 a day (not an hour, but a day) for the same type of work, with the cost of living only around 30 pct lower. Check out what income and cost of living is like here: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/