On: How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry

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They can build faster and cheaper in Asia. Something the Netherlands learned after they threw a lot of money at it trying to save the shipyard industry.

Just accept heavy industry is over and find new ways to make money. You will never out build Asians but you can out bullshit them and nobody bullshits better than the Dutch!

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The Chinese are moving up the chain.

If the Dutch thing they can make money just being a middle man they are in for a surprise.

Just like the telecom industry found out.

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It can be done if you can adopt the same practices that the Asian nations did to build their shipping industry.

Western governments just aren't committed enough, have too much bloat and want a fiction of separation from private businesses.