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"Made in USA" is well on it's way from being a symbol of quality to implying a lack of. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big proponent of domestic manufacturing. But there are an outsized number of executives who don't seem to get that when you make shitty products, you will alienate all your customers who will then no longer buy your shitty products. That kind of reputational damage is incredibly hard to recover from. Especially when you make airplanes that have a tendency to fall out of the sky which is sort of a deal breaker for people who want to buy an airplane. Hope it was worth jacking up their stock price for five minutes.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago

well on it’s way from being a symbol of quality

US Cars have been an international joke since the 70s. And Boeing's success is largely in contrast to McDonald Douglas, which crapped out back in the 90s and was forced into a merger to get bailed out. This isn't an issue of "American Quality" so much as it is an issue of "Traditional manufacturing methodology" being whittled away over time by profit-obsessed shareholders and C-levels.

Boeing was a little late to the party, but that's got nothing to do with American symbology. Everyone from Intel to Burger King have been on this trajectory for decades.

Hope it was worth jacking up their stock price for five minutes.

It was for the CEOs who already cashed out and abandoned the company, yes.

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I understand the label is practically not enforced with very nominal fines if you’re found in violation.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

“Made in the USA” can be sewing on the label in a factory that hires >50 people.

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