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Thousands of Chinese teens and young adults work 15 hours a day at 65 cents per hour, prohibited from talking or listening to music, in abysmal conditions at the KYE Systems factory where they assemble Microsoft hardware that is exported to the United States, Europe and Japan.
So reports the National Labor Committee, which on Tuesday released the culmination of three years of incognito interviews and photography inside the infamous Dongguan, China, gadget factories. Though Microsoft is not the only company to outsource manufacturing to KYE, it accounts for about 30 percent of the factory's work, the NLC said.
"We are like prisoners," one worker told the NLC. "It seems like we live only to work. We do not work to live. We do not live a life, only work."
This is why China is becoming the richest country. Just think, some people suggest we be more like China and their form of Capitalism, which is pure slavery.
This is why China is becoming the richest country. Just think, some people suggest we be more like China and their form of Capitalism, which is pure slavery.
Doesn't that just get your goat? Every time I hear people in this country praising China and how wonderful they are, I want to hurl. Having had been poor at one time myself, I would rather be poor and free instead of poor with guaranteed government housing, healthcare, etc. The cost in a society like China's is way too high.
This is why China is becoming the richest country. Just think, some people suggest we be more like China and their form of Capitalism, which is pure slavery.
I think what we need to keep in mind, is that it seems to work for them given where their society is currently, but acting like we need to emulate their system to compete is pretty terrible.
It's easier to bootstrap an economy when the economy is the top priority and human rights are thrown aside.
I'm also curious to see how things progress in China, there is a gigantic wealth gap and I'm sure these workers have absolutely no idea how much these devices are being sold for, nor do they have any idea how much an equivalent US worker makes.
This is why China is becoming the richest country. Just think, some people suggest we be more like China and their form of Capitalism, which is pure slavery.
And let us not forget the lopsided male/female ratio resulting from their 1-child policy (males heavily valued & favored by culture) and government forced abortions.
Doesn't that just get your goat? Every time I hear people in this country praising China and how wonderful they are, I want to hurl. Having had been poor at one time myself, I would rather be poor and free instead of poor with guaranteed government housing, healthcare, etc. The cost in a society like China's is way too high.
Yes it does get my goat... I could never understand it, still can't.
China is what happens when a state is so desperate to gain power that it flings itself headlong into industrialization, selectively frees up markets, and gives no sh*ts about worker rights. Take heed.
Isn't what Capitalism has morphed into wonderful!!!
The morons that defend Capitalism in this form are the very same morons that bash Michael Moore for his exposure of what greed can do and has done to every business sector. From banking and insurance to manufacturing, reptiles have infiltrated the system.
Maybe Billy's bad conscience has made him donate more money recently...
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