American-made products are not impossible. Stories about iPhones costing $37,000 or laptops costing $100,000 are psy-ops, sometimes pushed by foreign adversaries but more commonly by American corporations that want anything but an upset to the status quo.
Palmer Luckey says companies are exaggerating the cost of American manufacturing to justify staying in China: “They don’t want to admit that it is a choice.” 🇺🇸🇨🇳 “I don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who pretend that manufacturing in the U.S. is this impossible, order-of-magnitude problem. A lot of it is very self-serving. They want to justify why they’re in China. They want to justify why it’s OK for them to stay in China. They know that when sanctions hit as a result of a potential Taiwan conflict, they want to say, ‘Nobody could’ve predicted this, and I had no choice anyway.’ They don’t want to admit that it is a choice. If Chinese subsidized steel is a third of the price of American unsubsidized steel, a tariff isn’t going to work. But if the price difference really is 30%, then a tariff could bring the American steel industry back. It’s critically important to get this question right, and there aren’t enough people talking about it.”
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Compare the price you charge (scam) your own government for your vaporware drones and its rough analog in Chyna.
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What product do you have in mind?

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Replying to @PalmerLuckey
Claude says your BoltM (15lbs weight, 12 miles range) was sold for a unit price of $40,000. Its rough approximate in China - according to Claude - sells for $1500-5000. Congratulations on scamming your own government/tax-payers.
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None of those numbers are correct, and I promise you won't find anything in China comparable to Bolt. Try to find a waterproof autonomous quadcopter with 45 minutes of endurance and 3lbs+ of armor-penetrating warhead, and make sure to include long-range radios.
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Replying to @PalmerLuckey
Pick any of your drone and compare its price with a rough equivalent in China.
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Indian account can be dismissed.
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I guess you can start with the subs.
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You’re replying to an Indian account btw
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