And, a recent tour of one of the Asian powerhouse’s vehicle plants has proved this beyond a shadow of a doubt, at least to Honda President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe.
“We have no chance against this,” Mibe said upon a visit to a Shanghai parts factory, commenting on its seamless automation across all levels of production. Logistics, procurement and all aspects of the process were so automated, in fact, that he did not spot a single human worker on the supplier’s floor.
Ford executives saying even three years ago that China was way ahead of the game
Toyota’s CEO has likewise said regarding not just his company, but the industry in general, “unless things change, we will not survive”
And at the end of the day, I’d rather have my data stolen by a country looking out for my own interests as a working class individual who doesn’t own a house nor business nor factory than by a country looking out for the interests of the elite that game the system year over year looking for new ways to fleece working class individuals of all they own.
Espionage can be used to uphold good systems of governance, so long as it is the capitalists being spied on first and foremost.
So not the us, or China as both have a very bad track record? And once again why is it “at the end of the day” being phrased as a choice between who is spying on you? Fuck that, don’t let them spy on you, you should not care about “good” spying anyway. Why are people (mostly americans) such pushovers? When did everyone get a oppression fetish? Why is not wanting to spend stupid amounts of money on a device that lets your insurance, car company and government spy on you now seen as weird?
What track record?
Oh, wow OK. I did not appreciate your level of willful ignorance. Well I know when continuing is pointless.
Ditto