Go ahjead and explain your position. You've failed to show any ill effects from Japanese companies putting American TV makers out of business. What is the issue here with free trade and globalization?
Yeah... That would be due to the advances in automation and miniaturization that have been achieved in the interim.
Just like a Computer is no longer the size of a tractor trailer and doesn't cost 5 billion dollars to build...
It doesn't matter if Martians are making them, they're still going to cost less...
Though I imagine shipping costs from Mars would be pretty steep.
BSSSTTTT wrong answer.. (as Vidi would say)..
Today's TVs have MORE PARTs, more capability, and are infinitely harder to assemble than ever before. OF course the only difference isn't JUST cheap labor.
But -- what DIDN'T happen was that the market was cornered by unfair marketing practice and THEN --- someone has their way with you.. That's just a fantasy for leftists that never seems to play out.
HECK -- there are more choices in the market today, and there is some valuable AMERICAN content in each of those TVs.
Like the DLP projection system from Texas Instruments that is popular. Or Dolby Sound. Or various technology for touch screens or recording devices.