If you’re reading this article on your smartphone, then your little handheld device has probably had its passport stamped far more than you have. Some parts were from various countries in Asia, others were mined in Africa — and who knows how many underaged, malnourished orphans actually assembled it? (One of the splendid ironies of the “woke warriors” on social media is their “hashtag diplomacy” for all things liberal was built on the backs of sweatshops and child labor.)
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But the real magic is in the supply lines.
The reason you can buy a flatscreen TV that’s the size of an apartment wall for just a few hundred bucks is that some brilliant dudes streamlined the sourcing, assembly, packaging, and shipping. Same goes
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