rickcr42
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Post by rickcr42 on Jun 15, 2006 13:29:58 GMT
RoHs,WEE,Energy Star,all good for the planet right ? But what about putting some emphasis on the actual humans who have to live here,the ones who really pay the price in labor so we can have our "green" toys ? Toys they themselves would have to STEAL to get because at those wages buying is off the list arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060612-7039.html
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Post by PinkFloyd on Jun 15, 2006 21:29:46 GMT
Terrible report, so much for "capitalism" being a good thing.
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Post by cosmopragma on Jun 15, 2006 22:10:59 GMT
Terrible report, so much for "capitalism" being a good thing. I dunno. Maybe that's just a consequence of 50 years of socialism. It's the first stage of a market economy, and this kind of Manchester capitalism is shurely ugly, but what's the alternative? AFAIK the former chinese peasants aren't forced to work for 30 cents per hour.Actually they do earn way more this way than poor peasants in rural China. In case of success the wages will rise step by step, look at our own history of the 19th century or the success stories in Japan, Korea, Singapore during the 20th century.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Jun 15, 2006 22:14:39 GMT
I mean capitalism with respect to the greedy westerners who are exploiting these people to make more profit for themselves.
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Post by rickcr42 on Jun 16, 2006 0:10:35 GMT
gotta have our cheap audio gear no matter who suffers.I find it funny to have folks talk about sweat shops in the context of clothing or footwear,actually call for product boycotting,but when it is something THEY want it is all good. Imagine working on an assembly line for 12 hours per day building a thing you will never have a shot at purchasing unless you give up eating and living in an actual house with a roof on it and even then it will take ALL your salary for six months out of the year Greed my Friends.Greed and no more is at the heart and that is NOT capitalism where a fair wage is payed for the builder then fair market value added to the retail price of the goods.This is no more than slave labor to drive down prices and eliminate ANY competition not to mention how many "first world" jobs have been outsourced to the third world and you know who is second on the "you just got fked" list ? The middle class of the first world country where no longer having industry has no shot at any job above menial labor for low wages in the service industries-as in wiping someone Else's ass for them while they loot the profits entire instead of spreading the wealth to the very persons their business depends on.The once "full circle" of commerce is soon coming to an end and those fkheads better hope these third world nations aspire to a higher wage and higher standard of living or their markets will dwindle into "I remember when........."
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