Tim Cook on Apple manufacturing in the US

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Yep, many millennials don't want factory jobs for a fair wage, they believe they all deserve things they haven't earned

And he's RIGHT!!!!!!

"Kids, you MUST go to college. You will be a failure without a college degree. You are expected to attend college or it would be a disappointment! What, do you want to end op at a vocational school? Wanna go to ITT Tech?"

We did this to ourselves and it will take a generation of rethinking this bullshite "college is for everybody" stance" to reverse course.

I think he's correct here. Do you disagree?

We're all but abandoning vocational education in favor of the misguided belief that everyone will benefit from and is well suited for a four year university.

Also, you quoted this part:

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“Let me be clear, China put an enormous focus on manufacturing, in what you and I would call vocational kind of skills,” he said. Cook blamed America for Apple’s need to move production offshore: “The U.S., over time, began to stop having as many vocational kind of skills.”

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and most people here agree. Breitbart followed it up with this comment though:

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It seems that since the election of Donald Trump as President, Apple and soon the rest of Silicon Valley may have discovered that America does have enough skilled workers to make high-tech devices.

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So is Tim Cook right or wrong?

That would be great point. We need more vocational education

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So is Tim Cook right or wrong?

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tim cook omits how much cheaper it is to operate in china. The labor costs are just the tip of it, they have very few environmental regulations, or labor laws.

Apple didn't move to china for vocational skills, they moved to china to save $$ and hassle. apple started manufacturing in asia in the 1980s!

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“Let me be clear, China put an enormous focus on manufacturing, in what you and I would call vocational kind of skills,” he said. Cook blamed America for Apple’s need to move production offshore: “The U.S., over time, began to stop having as many vocational kind of skills.”

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I think he makes a large point that is valid (the move away from technical/vocational skills) but specifically applied to Apple it is BS.

What kind of vocational skill does it take to assembly an iPhone? We are not talking about the chip manufacturing here.

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What kind of vocational skill does it take to assembly an iPhone?

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the ability to work all day with only one break.

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the ability to work all day with only one break

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Exactly! Tim Cook's response is a deflection. And a good one given the kernel of truth (the need for vocational training) contained in it.