<story><title>Paintmakers are running out of the color blue</title><url>https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/the-color-blue-has-joined-the-growing-list-of-material-shortages</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>coliveira</author><text>This is all momentary situation caused by the pandemic. In one year, people will not even remember this. Companies will not spend billions of dollars unless they have no other option.</text></item><item><author>azinman2</author><text>My hope is that supply chain issues will make clear the downsides to execs (not just the workers) and governments of externalizing all manufacturing abroad and out of reach. Look at the chaos caused by a pandemic, now imagine war or purposefully using supply chain as leverage.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gremloni</author><text>I wish it gets to that point. A country that doesn’t manufacture is a &lt;i&gt;huge&lt;/i&gt; loser in the long run. I hope it comes back to America in a heavily automated, sustainable fashion.</text></comment>
<story><title>Paintmakers are running out of the color blue</title><url>https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/the-color-blue-has-joined-the-growing-list-of-material-shortages</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>coliveira</author><text>This is all momentary situation caused by the pandemic. In one year, people will not even remember this. Companies will not spend billions of dollars unless they have no other option.</text></item><item><author>azinman2</author><text>My hope is that supply chain issues will make clear the downsides to execs (not just the workers) and governments of externalizing all manufacturing abroad and out of reach. Look at the chaos caused by a pandemic, now imagine war or purposefully using supply chain as leverage.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mywittyname</author><text>I disagree.  People will remember this and make irrational decisions based on these memories for years.&lt;p&gt;For comparison, the Great Financial Crisis still looms over us so much that people &lt;i&gt;still&lt;/i&gt; anticipate another huge housing burst.  And when companies like Ford announce that they aren&amp;#x27;t using FICO scores to determine if a person qualifies for a loan, people on websites start fearmongering about another sub prime lending crisis.</text></comment>