Made In China
Recently, I was listening to the radio and of course they were talking about the economic growth of China. Finally, after years of poverty China is showing its econimic prowess. Influence from North America and Europe, World War II, the rise of communism, and the era of Chairman Mao were all econimic set-backs for China, lately; it's been a rough century. But now, the largest nation on Earth in terms of population is back on its feet and growing strong.
Not everyone is happy about this, of course. The U.S. is very afraid, not only because it fears competition in the world marketplace, but because China is a goliath that can easily overpower any other nation, if it can ever get its act together. But that's exactly what the U.S. is afraid of. Once China does get its act together the U.S. will be dominated, again, from the East. Not only will it have the British and German economies to compete with, but now it'll have to deal with China's.
Some American citizens have started boycotting products manufactured in China because of China's own political internal affairs and social policies. People in Europe and North American rant and rave about how inhumane it is to have sweatshops, having men, women, and children work 14 hours/day in a sewing factory or whatever factory it is. Given some thought, the mere notion of anyone working 14 hours/day is apalling (except if you're a doctor, for some strange reason - then it's okay). So people get all upset and start boycotting products. But notice how it's usually the economically privileged who do such things. Poor people don't boycott; they're just trying to stay alive. It's the wealthier and middle class people with more money and leisure time on their hands who pontificate their idealisms and perform such acts. But what these people fail to realize is that without these sweatshops and labor factories, people in 2nd or 3rd world countries have no other source of income, save farming or crime, which pay even less. So it's live in poverty and starve or work in a shop for 14 hours/day. It's not like it is in the U.S.; they have no other choice.
What would you choose?
Not everyone is happy about this, of course. The U.S. is very afraid, not only because it fears competition in the world marketplace, but because China is a goliath that can easily overpower any other nation, if it can ever get its act together. But that's exactly what the U.S. is afraid of. Once China does get its act together the U.S. will be dominated, again, from the East. Not only will it have the British and German economies to compete with, but now it'll have to deal with China's.
Some American citizens have started boycotting products manufactured in China because of China's own political internal affairs and social policies. People in Europe and North American rant and rave about how inhumane it is to have sweatshops, having men, women, and children work 14 hours/day in a sewing factory or whatever factory it is. Given some thought, the mere notion of anyone working 14 hours/day is apalling (except if you're a doctor, for some strange reason - then it's okay). So people get all upset and start boycotting products. But notice how it's usually the economically privileged who do such things. Poor people don't boycott; they're just trying to stay alive. It's the wealthier and middle class people with more money and leisure time on their hands who pontificate their idealisms and perform such acts. But what these people fail to realize is that without these sweatshops and labor factories, people in 2nd or 3rd world countries have no other source of income, save farming or crime, which pay even less. So it's live in poverty and starve or work in a shop for 14 hours/day. It's not like it is in the U.S.; they have no other choice.
What would you choose?
posted by V-Hume at 8:42 AM
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