13:17:55mintya lot of the economic history n economist opinions i spent the summer course reading just wanted orange juice with their breakfast n didn't care it came from halfway across the globe from a country in turmoil
13:18:37minty"but i have thing and didn't have thing before. this is good"
13:26:14shinmeramy dad bought a chip from a sensor manufacturer recently
13:26:20shinmerathe chip was made in a factory in switzerland
13:29:22mintyyeah. i've seen peaches in fruit cups here that were picked in georgia, shipped to east asia for packing, and then shipped back here
13:29:53mintygeorgia is like... not that far from here... according to fancy suit-wearing economists this is somehow good
13:30:08mintythey act like the fuel for transport is endless
13:30:34minty"money was made" ergo "good for society"
13:34:48mintybasically, a while back a lot of stuff used to be made in country but that was by unionized workers and companies didn't wanna pay those wages anymore so they were like "hey, overseas ppl wanna make this for cheaper?" and started exporting the work for individual parts over to 3 or 4 separate countries for the lower costs they gave. so now we have "global value chains"