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Sales may be free market, but China is a communist country

Posted on: April 8, 2025 at 20:16:18 CT

JeffB MU

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despite some accommodations to capitalism.

They use some slave labor, including from prisoners.

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Don't conflate price with cost. iPhone tariff is based on - Spanky KU - 4/8 19:00:34

How does that work when many of the components come - JeffB MU

- 4/8 20:29:39

So with the 104% tariff. Apple's cost will increase by - Ferg MU - 4/8 19:17:04

and (gasp) people may purchase less of them or less - 90Tiger STL - 4/9 08:20:07

They will absorb most of the tariff because their profit - Spanky KU - 4/8 19:45:54

50% gross profit margin is not obscene - Ferg MU - 4/8 19:56:09

Off the backs of underpaid labor? - Spanky KU - 4/8 20:05:41

The OS and apps are also “free” - haeffb MU - 4/8 20:13:58

They are included in the cost(nm) - Spanky KU - 4/8 20:22:26

Not in the costs in the article you linked. - haeffb MU - 4/8 21:31:06

Nope, those numbers are strictly BOM, not including - TigerMatt STL - 4/8 20:33:41

“ All other components: $200.06” - Spanky KU - 4/8 20:49:09

Foxcon makes the hardware, not the software. You are looking - TigerMatt STL - 4/8 21:09:33

They produce the entire phone fully packaged for - Spanky KU - 4/8 21:50:31

Loaded? - haeffb MU - 4/9 05:35:58

Calling the surplus value of labor exploitation is… - TigerMatt STL - 4/8 20:12:19

LMFAO "On the backs of underpaid labor" - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:12:03

Dem talking points pre-2021(nm) - Spanky KU - 4/8 20:18:03

Trump supporters are quickly embracing socialism.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 4/8 20:13:22

it's unreal. If the same words were used by - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:18:15

Those same words were used by Obama, Hildebeast, Biden, - Spanky KU - 4/8 20:20:36

And they were called Marxists(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 4/8 20:27:50

the difference between us is that I reject these conceopts - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:27:19

^^^ Marxist (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 4/8 19:52:34

no sh*t - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:00:44

is he arguing against their right to exploit the cheap labor - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/8 19:54:22

"exploit" LOL - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:03:20

I didn’t use the term originally - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/8 20:06:14

yeah, change the subject dude. Tell us - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:08:34

Sales may be free market, but China is a communist country - JeffB MU

- 4/8 20:16:18

have you been to China? - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:19:59

have you seen Trump pause tariffs?(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/8 20:24:02

no - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:32:34

RE: no - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/8 20:35:04

that was the report that was unfortunately - Ferg MU - 4/8 20:42:26

Have you? If you have, do you think you were given an - JeffB MU

- 4/8 20:21:10

I have no idea of Apple’s labor practices - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/8 20:12:36

Apple pays its employees very well. - haeffb MU - 4/8 20:16:23

it's certainly not up to apple what other companies pay - 90Tiger STL - 4/9 08:16:07

thank you for that information - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/8 20:19:16

I doubt it, but we’ll see (nm) - haeffb MU - 4/8 20:27:09

That's funny.... - Mormad MU - 4/8 19:48:59

they might if demand drops significantly(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 4/8 19:49:28

Maybe.....guessing not though(nm) - Mormad MU - 4/8 19:51:37

Article needs updated with new tariff - meatiger MU - 4/8 19:06:31