I hate Ultex too, whatever material that is I don't want it. I used purple Gator Grips for my main pick basically the whole second half of the 90s, the main reason I actually switched to Tortex was simply because they wore out so fast.
I'm happy to send you this 12 pack of Jazz IIIs if you want 'em
I don't disagree with any of that, I disagree with the characterization of how we got there in the first place.
Robots are going to replace cheap labor for most things anyway outside sweatshop work.
Dude, there is no submit in this equation, it's just the second half of that sentence, plain and simple. We want cheap shit and China wants money. It's one of the most simple transactions in history and no one pulled the wool over anyone's eyes to do it.
ETA: To be clear I'm someone who has gone to crazy lengths to consume only the barest minimum of Chinese made goods for the better part of 25 years now. But to couch this as sly old China fleecing the rubes of American business and populace is the most absurd nonsense that gets trotted out with tiring regularity. The US made this choice willingly.
It's funny, my soccer trophy from when I was 8 is actually sitting on the dresser behind me right now. I found it in a random old box of shit when we moved and cracked up.
This is literally it. We lived in a world where we could finally get anything we want, go anywhere we want. And we said fuck that. I'll never understand.
It's wild. I've been cackling since last night.
Meanwhile, when I sold my house in January, I had the urge just to put the cash in the bank. Time to eat now