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The whole article is kind of breathtaking. I knew all this in theory but the specific in-practice examples are something else.

I needed bearings just the other day. Basic-bitch ball bearings for a machine built 30 years ago. My choices were American, Swedish, German, Chinese or Korean. If you're in Russia? Your choices are "Chinese." I myself paid a 40% premium to not have Chinese because Chinese machine parts are fucking garbage.