🃏JokerNov 15, 2024

Chinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homes

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Chinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homes - sh.itjust.works

Show threadthemurphyNov 15, 2024

Temu is insanely popular. Don’t underestimate this. Yes, it’s pure crap, but people buy it. They earn bucks.

Meaning, it’s not a valid argument to say it’s crap, and then it’s not a problem. Temu is a problem.

But then we have to start another discussion about the free market, because then Temu is valid.

Then what? Legit question, I don’t have the answer to.

Show threadnednobbins

The thing is that it’s not PURE crap.

It’s kind of like going to a flea market. Most of it is crap and you can still find some decent and good stuff that’s way cheaper than it should be.

Nov 15, 2024 at 3:14pmWeb
Show threadAppoxoNov 16, 2024
Gues why: Ultra cheap labor.
And probably not 100% voluntary.
Show threadnednobbinsNov 16, 2024

I don’t need to guess. I know from having been to China and having talked to people.

It’s mostly a combination of 3 things:

  • Tons of infrastructure. If you decide to start manufacturing some random thing you can easily get all the stuff you need to get started.
  • Regulations are generally very favorable to small startups and businesses. This is partly why so much of the stuff on Temu is crap.
  • A huge population. That’s the main source of ultra cheap labor. Farmers in rural China can still make as little as $1.90 per day. All a factory owner needs to offer is more than that and they’ll have a line of applicants.
    • Show threadarchomrade [he/him]Nov 16, 2024
    But those reasons aren’t nefarious
    Show threadAppoxoNov 16, 2024
    Kinda on-topic:
    youtu.be/Di5rmpD03iM
    What Xi Jinping Fears More than America

    YouTube
    Show threadinterdimensionalmemeNov 20, 2024
    I cannot obtain food and housing without work. I am being coerced to work under duress. I would like to get off this planet now. Like right now.