"Personally, I don't see that happening."
I'm drawing a blank and I only collect fixed blades. But I can't think of many made in the USA knives that the Chinese couldn't make today.
Most manufacturers and an increasing number of makers are relying on CNC and other machines for a majority of the work. I know the Chinese can operate / make these machines as American manufacturers are already outsourcing some work.
It's not rocket science - the Chinese are more advanced here than most countries.
It's craftsmanship - pride - quality control - an engineering / design team - a good manager - an intelligent / knowledgeable leader / owner. Not out of reach for the Chinese or any nation or peoples.
Yes, they can do it for less - a lot less, that's the shame.
Cheap labor, yes, it's the consequence of a large population. Like any resource, the more there is - the less it's worth.
While illegal immigration is the greatest immediate threat to this country - an ever increasing world population is the greatest threat to the standard of living for all.
This is a world of finite resources. As the number of people increase the share of the pie for most will be increasingly smaller.
Just over 100 years ago there were only 1 billion people in the world.
It took 10,000 years for the population to reach the 1 billion mark.
In just the past 100 years the population has increased to almost 7 billion people.
It is difficult to imagine.
As you experience your world today, think about the effect this rapidly increasing population has on your day to day life.
Fuel / heating costs - traffic - a deserted beach, not many of these left - water rights, an ever smaller middle class as a percentage of the population as a whole, just a very few of the more obvious effects stateside.
Think about the effect to all people.
20,000 children today will die because of contaminated water sources - 20,000 more will die from hunger.
Fish once a staple food is increasingly a luxury food.
When I think about world population, I'm reminded of some cat food I left out.
At first it was a bowl of food - then a bowl of food with some maggots - then a bowl of maggots.
When we see commercials on TV they play to our innate desire for a world with less people. The SUV's in the wilderness - the sports car on the empty highway (with no speed limits), not another soul, vehicle or structure in sight.
Vacation commercials depicting isolated beaches, etc..
Why don't I hear more about population issues you may be asking yourself.
Two main reasons - greed and religion. Unlikely partners but conspiring together to make the problem worse.
Large corporations require an ever growing consumer base and the Catholic church and other churches / religions (I am a confirmed Catholic) do not promote family planning.
