• BashfulBob [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    10 days ago

    I do so love to hear about “cheap Chinese steel” coming out of the mouths of know-nothing liberals and the haters running PR in American metallurgical industries.

    The idea that a foreign could have figured out how to do something cheaper, faster, and better than an American is so alien and incomprehensible to the western brainpan.

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      10 days ago

      To be fair, my buddy is a steel fabricator and says there is a marked difference in quality. I personally chalk that up to China sending their bad stuff and keeping the good shit

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        10 days ago

        I live in a region in Brazil known for the steel industry, and when I asked people who work in the industry or working with industries that consume the steel, they said that the Chinese stainless steel in particular is inferior.

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      It is true that Chinese steel was inferior at one point but just like cheap Chinese goods of yesteryear the modern stuff is on par with western products because that’s what they had to do to appeal to western consumers and manufacturers. Like damn I guess the market decided but since it’s the Chinese doing it they can’t believe it.

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        the modern stuff is on par with western products because that’s what they had to do to appeal to western consumers and manufacturers

        It’s what they had to do to appeal to Chinese customers and manufacturers. China is eclipsing Western consumer markets as fast as they’re manufacturing outlets.