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Toyota is able to build Camrys, Highlanders, Tundras, etc. in the US. So I don't see why we can't have a factory in the US to build the iPhone?
Does building an iPhone require more manual labor than building a car? Maybe it requires more precision than cars, but I don't see why we can't train and equip people to do it here.
There are microchips being made in the US today. See Intel. Maybe not the latest process node but it is not an outdated node either.
It requires people who eventually jump off the roof of the building...
The problem is, while you and I have a problem with that, billionaires don't.
The problem is the average American ain't gonna do that kinda work.
They will when the choice is work or starve.
I 100% agree, and hope that remains to be an option. But also... things can change, and they can change fast. We are all only a few days of missed meals or missed mortgage payments from having very different standards.
Step 1 - Create a depression unlike we have ever seen and make people desperate for any job they can get.
You absolutely can, but the price of the workers for these kinds of things are way higher in the US as opposed to China. Also, if Apple could automate away manual labour to the point it would be economically viable they sure as heck would’ve done so already. Price increases using US-based manual labour are inevitable - its one of the major reasons why the global market is as it is today, cheap labour in developing countries.
It would require Apple to accept a dollar less in profit.