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Old 10-18-2011, 12:57 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ladogaboy View Post
The American population further supports this because we would rather spend $1 on a foreign-made product than $2 on an American-made product (if you can find one), regardless of the quality.
I think that's wrong. If American-made products were of better quality, some people would buy them even if the price was higher. The problem - and nothing exemplifies this better than the auto industry - is that all too often, American products give lower quality at a higher price.

I think a good part of this can be traced to a mindset that denigrates technologists as geeks and nerds, so that money that ought to go to R&D instead goes to styling and advertising.
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