Re: Electronics Shopping
- From: Chris Blunt <chris_blunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:20:06 +0800
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:11:27 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:58:07 +0300, the renowned "Markku Grönroos"
><kurkku@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Miguel Cruz" <mnc@xxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
>>viestissä:1sidnZ2dnZ1pRXC0nZ2dnVzXYt-dnZ2dRVn-yZ2dnZ0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> My experience is pretty similar. In Asia I can find cables, connectors,
>>> USB
>>> doo-dads, and the like in far greater variety and lower cost than in the
>>> US
>>> or especially Europe. Basically, little things, and things where you
>>
>>Well, chinamen assemble those things 12 hours and by 20 renmimbis a day. If
> ^^^^^^^^
>Your above term is usually considered offensive, even if capitalized.
Its considered offensive mainly by politically correct westerners. The
term Scotsman never seems to be considered offensive, even when spoken
by an Englishman. :-)
>>a worker demonstrated about lousy salary or working conditions he would be
>>shot to death, his house demolished and his family dispersed. That's why you
>>get your USB connectors so economically. "Globalization" seems to mean the
>>repositioning of production lines into those countries where the authority
>>and employers can enslave workers.
>
>Funny, the workers really seem to flock to the opportunity to work in
>the far better conditions in factories (and for more money than their
>other options).
Given the opportunity, they flock to better paid jobs in developed
countries. I'm sure you're well aware of the illegal immigration
issues that the authorities in Hong Kong battled for as long as either
of us can remember when mainlanders sought better paid jobs over the
border. Nowadays, the people-smuggling rings transport these people in
huge numbers to western countries to work illegally.
>You'd rather they do back-breaking work in the fields or underground
>in the coal mines, which have casualty figures not see in the US since
>the early 1900s?
Its not often that I agree with Markku. but to be fair to him he
didn't say he would. The underlying reasons why USB connectors are
sold at giveaway prices in Asia, while being uneconomical to
manufacture in the west are exactly as he said. If he'd just been a
little bit less extreme in the way he put it I doubt whether many
would have challenged him on it. This is what happens when you have
free movement of trade, but not free movement of labour.
Chris
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