Immer mehr sieht es so aus, als wäre die Umarmung des Neoliberalismus der westlichen Welt ein katastrophaler Fehler. Sein Leitprinzip ist, dass Kapital und die Märkte immer richtig sind, und die Regierungen/die Menschen sollten kein Mitspracherecht dafür haben, was sie tun. Nach Jahrzehnten sind Fertigung und Industrie in den Ort geflohen, an dem Kapital und die Märkte die billigsten Arbeitskräfte erhalten können, sodass die meisten westlichen Länder ausgehöhlt und deindustrialisiert werden.
Covid hat eine neue Schwäche in diesem Modell der Organisation von Volkswirtschaften enthüllt, aber jetzt kommt noch ein weiterer Nachteil ans Licht. Indem es China zum weltweiten Produktionszentrum macht, gibt es ihm die Krone der Nr. 1 des Planeten in der Technologie.
China wird schnell zum weltweit führenden Automobilhersteller und wird in Gang, um die weltweit führende Robotik -Nation zu werden. Hinzu kommt, dass es auch wohl bereits die weltweit führende AI -Nation ist.
Einige Menschen in westlichen Ländern sehen dies in Bezug auf Kriege und Wettrennen, aber vielleicht besteht die Lösung darin, nach Hause zu schauen und den Neoliberalismus zu entleeren?
China's lead in EVs may be giving it the lead in robotics, which means it may be time for western countries to take a radical look at how they promote and develop manufacturing at home.
byu/lughnasadh inFuturology
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You know what would be great for manufacturing at home? Slapping raw material tariffs on our closest trading partners! I am sure that will help us get the leg-up we need.
The idea was to promote peace— that, sure, trade will make poorer countries rich while being a mixed blessing for rich countries, but that it will prevent conflict and might even build friendship. The thing that discredits neoliberal globalization, to me, is not China’s becoming technologically advanced but its remaining hostile. I share your conclusion though— failed idea that may have cost my country try its freedom forever. If only we could go back and warn them.
In case you didn’t notice, western countries are rapidly drifting apart.
The thing about AI and robotics is that it inevitably will lead to death of economy as we know it. Manufacturing costs will plumet because robots don’t need to be paid so eventually every country will be just making it’s own robots.
Time to play catch up! <America dismantles Dept. of Ed.> Dammit!
China is doing better than Western countries because it actually can follow through on long term planning instead of constant instability during governmental change. There’s pros and cons to that but in terms of manufacturing policy it’s a definite advantage
Diversifying the supply chain has been top priority since Covid, and the capitalists would quite literally do anything except bring manufacturing back to their home countries. So I guess what you are suggesting is we need to go full communism and put all the ceo in prison, nationalize all the companies so they will bring manufacturing back.
So as far as I know, chinese cars are mainly sold on the chinese market, so to their own populace, and in SEA in general. Europe and the US see only few of those (afaik at least). While this still makes them the biggest car manufacturer worldwide, how would not embracing neoliberalism have changed that in the slightest? I also kinda miss the point where China became world’s leading robotic and specifically AI no. 1. Not even sure they’re No. 2 in those regards, but I might just be uninformed on that.
Your premise about neoliberalism begs the question of it being a „catastrophic mistake“ from what viewpoint? From how dominant a nation is in comparison to others when it comes to manufacturing industries? From how well the people are doing? From a idealistic standpoint of „how should we treat humans and societies in general in the long term to achieve what’s best for everyone“?
Because I’d say properly done, with a strong government, neoliberalism is absolutely what’s best for the people. They should have freedom to pursue whatever craft they prefer, be able to own property and build a future for them and their families/children. At some point, this will become more difficult to sustain because of space limitations and thus prices rising, but with proper socialist regulation, you’ll very likely be able to prevent some people having literally nothing but the clothes on their body while others own whole islands.
„May you live in interesting times“ – Chinese guys cursed us ;_;
The Chinese are able to pull in one direction and take temporary losses for longterm gains because of government control of the economy intermingled with capitalist elements that reward innovation and entrepreneurship.
The US is at a disadvantage because the economy functions like a rudderless boat pushed by the winds and tide of a minimally guided, largely unregulated market.
Biden’s CHIPS Act is the kind of guided economic vision and incentivizing that the US needs more of.
One thing is for sure: Elon Musk and Tesla are not the answer.
China is basically running laps around the US right now. It’s sad and pathetic since we used to be a global leader and now all we care about is corporate profit
I’m sure glad we focused on social issues and shareholder returns before the future of our nation!
You due realize their EV are crap. Just because they make a lot does not mean people are buying them or driving them They have tens of thousands of EV in junk yards just wasting away. It not like EV is new tech. They were making electrical vehicles Even late 19th century. EV’s have a limited market unless the government forces you to buy them. Since they still are more expensive per mile driven.
China has entered a debt crisis that could set back the whole country. They went speculative on real estate, and the whole thing has gone tits up. It’s a mess that can’t easily be brushed aside.