[sdiy] OT: Chinese goods

[Colin f]

> Firstly, there's no such entity as 'UK PLC'. 

It's a generic term for businesses traded on UK stock markets.

> Finally, manufacturing plays such a tiny role in the UK's 
> balance sheet - compared to financial scams of various kinds 
> - that even if none of the above were true, the collective 
> benefit of off-shoring would still be negligible. 

Manufacturing accounts for a significant part of export bop.
But I shall shut up, as an engineer who's been lied to, I clearly know
nothing.

> And for Synth-DIY relevance - companies like Moog and 
> Sequential would have no chance of starting up today. When 
> there's minimal disposable income, people stop buying 
> luxuries, and the opportunities for market-changing 
> innovation get smaller and smaller.

Hang on... aren't there more analogue synth building companies in existence
now than ever before ?

> This reply is wrong. 

At least you were up-front about it :-)

Cheers,
Colin f