On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Dennis K <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 11:35 PM, Patrick Elliott-Brennan wrote: > >> Dennis K wrote: >> >>> >>> It's not so much that its a different country, but that its a new >>> economy which hasn't gotten to the "fat, lazy" stage yet. I'm sure, >>> given time, any company will become lazy and undynamic. >>> >>> >> I think, Dennis, that you're misreading the facts. The Chinese economic >> system is a blisteringly violent mechanism with little to no interest in >> worker rights and little in the way of concern for their safety. >> Community >> safety is also a low priority. >> >> A relative who lives in Hong Kong tells me all about the crappy >> engineering >> that gets passed as 'fit' over there. Additionally there was an >> engineering >> inspector on the ABC just last week saying that during his time over there >> he was appalled by the shoddy work and dangerous consequences. >> >> It's easy to make a radical change or 'fix' a problem in these >> circumstances. It's possible to be impressed until you consider the cost. >> These are the greater causes of the differences, rather than some >> idealised >> notion of being "lean" or "without fat" or "new". >> >> Regards, >> Patrick >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Free-software-melb mailing list >> Free-software-melb@lists.**softwarefreedom.com.au<[email protected]> >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.**com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-** >> software-melb<http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb> >> >> > I'm in agreement there. The Chinese economy is "Authoritarian > Capitalism". You see, the socio-economic system that we operate under, > works better when you dispose of ideals like valuing life, democracy, > freedom of speech, etc. > > The fact of that matter is, it is beneficial for the owner of an > enterprise, in terms of productivity and profits, to have workers who have > the least rights possible, the least quality of life possible without it > impacting on their productivity. Hmmmm... don't go too far in that direction, you can reach a point where the society doesn't have enough purchasing power to buy your products no matter how cheap they are - would sound a lot as the Great Depression. _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
