Oh, you can find plenty capable people anywhere you go. And most even partially developed countries have the resources to produce well-made products. I mean, America is still known for the quality of steel we produced 100 years ago, I would think that same technology (100 year old industrial revolution technology) has made its way to China by now. Which means that they should be producing steel at least as good as American steel from 100 years ago, but they aren't.
This isn't a discussion of potential, it's a discussion about the actual poor quality products being produced as a result of outsourcing. Whether it's from piss poor planning, lack of resources or training, it doesn't matter what part of the operation is failing. The result is the same, and that's products of poor quality.
If humanity was worth half a sh!t, we would bring industry and jobs to these countries to help their economies and infrastructure, instead of exploiting them for cheap labor. Then, everywhere would be a developed nation, everyone could be expected to produce equally high quality products, and then you have worldwide trade and commerce between equally developed nations. But no, we are too concerned with imagery lines in the sand, who's diety is better, and who has more shiny things.
And until we can get past that, I think we are stuck with products of dubious origins, made to meet questionable (if existent) quality standards. China should be more than able to produce the exact same quality of products as America, and still do it cheaper, because they don't have environmental protection laws. So factories there don't have to waste money recycling waste. All the cost of not raping the planet is reflected on to the customer, and BRIC, these fastest developing countries that were mentioned earlier, do not abide by any such environmental laws. So they are undercutting the rest of the civilized world, because Europe and America at least try not be so blatant with our disposal of industrial waste, so it costs more for us to produce the same thing.
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