Originally Posted by
saddlesores
poor pay and conditions? slave labor in factories....in china? are you nuts? have you any idea...other than the
typical china bashing from faux news and co.?
i suppose the pay, hours, and working conditions aren't quite up to western standards, but compared to
conditions here in "our china" only a decade ago, they're light-years better.
no-one is forced (okay, there may be some prison labor somewhere, but i have no first-hand knowledge)
to "slave away" in foxconn or shimano factories. these are awesome jobs for the current environment!
50-60 hours a week? 10-hour shifts? $500 monthly wages? oh the horror!!!
think about what they're leaving behind: 12 hours a day every day...that's 84 hours!....no weekends....few
holidays.......working in the sun, knee-deep in mud behind a water buffalo in a rice paddy......living in a thatched
roof hut with no running water or electricity, one long-dump outhouse for an entire village......all for the
princely sum of (on average) $30 a month.
these slave-labor factories have raised 300 million people....just about the entire population of the united
states....out of poverty over the last decade. leave the village for the big city, work a year or two making
a huge salary (comparatively), go back to the village, build a house or start a business or send your kid
to college so they can have a future.
perhaps you might read up a little on the subject. until then, stick with the "war on christmas"
Not sure why you feel threatened by others opinions so much.
Mine still stands that you shouldn't come in here bandying about names like lame and nuts.
Stop using your head as a suppository and allow for the fact that others have different opinions to yourself and that they are no less valid for that.
I'm still going to buy products not manufactured in China where I'm able and support locally made/grown where I can.
There will be times that I will succumb to the temptation of price but think a lot more these days of where my money is spent and who it supports.
I prefer that my money supports blue collar workers in countries where I reside, where many have lost their jobs due in part to cheaper labour costs of non western countries.
I dont blame these countries workers for wanting their lifestyles lifted, but it must be done in acknowledgement that its at the expense of blue collar workers in the west.