Originally Posted by Adult Lounge - Brad

Think about this:


As far as the 3rd world is concerned. As sad as it makes me to say it....there is a wealth of scholarly literature written about the fact that the west (or first world countries) needs the cheep labour available in the 3rd world. Without it cost for products would sky rocket. Under the pricing structures that exist now, there is no way that we can keep consumer goods at the price they are now if we were to manufacture them in the west. I didn't come up with the theory, but a lot of smart people subscribe to it. So we need these places to have the populations to support our excessive consumerism or we need to look for a new way to drive the economy. It really is as simple as that. Just ask Nike, Starbucks, Goodyear, etc.