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"Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30 Dolls" - Donald Trump seems to not grasp retailers + USA middle-men profit off dirt-cheap Chinese goods they get for $2, resell retail for $18 (www.youtube.com)

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"Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30 Dolls" - Donald Trump seems to not grasp that retailers + USA middle-men make profit off dirt-cheap Chinese goods they get for $2, resell retail for $18 (and that this employs USA people)

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[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The profit off the intellectual property (IP) of a Star Wars toy is taken in the USA, even if the toy is manufactured with plastics in China. The USA retailer and intellectual property brand owner is making far more profit than the factory making the product.

Same often with farmer. When a restaurant sells a plate of food for $28.13, the farmer who grows the corn and harvests it is lucky to make $0.70 of that plate of food. The waiter getting a tip is earning more per hour than that farmer.

It is as if Donald Trump / White House does not grasp "value added retailing / value added reselling" and how a toy is just a toy, but having the Star Wars brand and film rights to put on that blob of plastic to make an action figure is what makes it worth $18. The factory in China is cut-throat trying to profit $0.70 on a $2.00 toy they produce, where Disney is pocketing way more money slapping the Star Wars permission / brand rights / logo ownership on that doll. Especially with products that get bundled with high-margin services and luxury stores and delivery.