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On 4/4/2025 12:02 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>> On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 15:40:05 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/3/2025 9:00 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/2/2025 6:10 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>>>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/2/2025 11:42 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <20250402b@crcomp.net>, Don  <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> THE DAY THE DOLLAR DIED by Galt (ensemble road trips) [1]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Surely, if and when the US dollar collapses, it will simply be
>>>>>>>> replaced with a new reserve currency such as the Euro. Or the US
>>>>>>>> could recapitulate what nations like Brazil have done and =
>> introduce
>>>>>>>> new currency.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA =
>> HA HA
>>>>>>> HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's happened plenty of time in other countries over the years, and =
>> it
>>>>>> seldom hurts rich people at all.
>>>>>> --scott
>>>>>
>>>>> "BRICS Nations Pushing Forward With Alternative Global Payment =
>> System"
>>>>>   =20
>>>>> =
>> https://headlineusa.com/brics-nations-pushing-forward-with-alternative-gl=
>> obal-payment-system/
>>>>>
>>>>> If the BRICS system takes off, trillions of US Dollars will flood =
>> back
>>>>> into the USA causing immense inflation.  It will finish off the =
>> middle
>>>>> class in the USA.  Who knows what happens after that ?
>>>> =20
>>>> We have a president who believes the middle class begins at $400k/yr =
>> and
>>>> goes up.  I don't think he much cares about people who make less than =
>> that
>>>> and are stuck with savings in dollars.
>>>> =20
>>>> Remember the man's goal is to create inflation.... he has stated in =
>> public
>>>> that he wants the dollar to be worth much less so that American =
>> products
>>>> are more competitive on the world market.
>>>> --scott
>>>
>>> Apple just announced that they are going to move all of their computer=20
>>> plants to the USA and spend $500 billion here over the next four years.=20
>>> I call that a win.  There are many more companies moving their=20
>>> manufacturing back to the USA.  I call that a win.  Those will be lots=20
>>> of high paying jobs.
>>
>> And higher-priced products.
> 
> Assuming that unlike Foxconn in Wisconsin, Apple actually follows
> through.
> 
> Even then, as other commentators have noted, in the unlikely
> event that Trump's attempts at global destabilization will result
> in any new factory builds in the US, those factories will
> be highly automated and employ relatively few
> full-time permanent employees.  They will not be
> the factory assembly lines from a half century ago.

"Dark Factory" has been a term of art for several years already,
especially in China.

Humans are only there to deal with problems. Most of the time,
the line runs in darkness, unmanned.

pt

pt