I agree with what you say but there is a difference. In the US the
workers are permitted to organize into unions. The unions become
powereful raised the wages/benifits and forced the companies out of
business,i.e. steel, auto and others.




james wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:30:44 -0400, RichA wrote:

On 18 Jun 2005 21:38:06 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In oups.com "Matthew
Ota" wrote:

Our American culture, IMHO is too Euro-centric. Most Americans cannot
differentiate between any Asian counry or culture. This is a good
example.


Not really; the poster was a Canadian and a troll.

Of course it was a troll, I wanted people's
opinions on the subject and the best way to
elicit them is to make the people who buy from the
communist slave owners feel bad or at least defensive.
Which I succeeded in doing, I'd say.
But don't worry; You can assuage your guilt with the
often repeated old saw that "communism and tyranny in China
is being repealed by the capitalism" they are now experimenting
with.
-Rich
*****

Which is better to buy from

1) communist controlled company using near slave labor or

2) US capitalistic company using near slave labor?

To me there is no difference. Instead we jump on band wagons of
patriotism and never understand the economics of moves made by
corporate world.

Rule #1 of corporations both comunistic or capitalistic is to make
money.

Rule #2 the bulk of the money made is shared among the investors
and/or controllers of the corporation. Whether it be individuals or
governments.

rule #3 you or I are never going to change rule #1 or rule #2

james