European industry is doing better than you may think

Commenters argued over the article’s take on European industry versus cheap Chinese imports. dominotw claimed consumers have already bought “all the cheap shit” they want from China and that demand is waning, while lambda_lord countered that China now makes products at every quality level and often wins on price, leaving local firms unable to compete. bluecalm pushed back on dominotw, saying inexpensive Chinese goods are essential for raising living standards for low-income families and that demand is essentially perpetual; pipes and throwaway270925 contested the language and demanded evidence, with the latter insisting there’s a difference between “cheap shit” and “cheaper goods.”

Several commenters criticized the article itself. altern8 and nasmorn complained about paywalling and brevity, with nasmorn calling it shallow, while ForHackernews defended paying for a magazine rather than a single piece. Conversely, eigenspace and watwut praised concision - especially in an era of LLM-inflated prose - for saying the same thing with fewer words. pipes repeatedly returned to the need for supporting evidence rather than blanket assertions.