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Originally posted by SurfDog
Lemme see if I get this right - A beautiful big store with everything you could possible want in one place, the cheapest prices, lots of parking, clean and well lit, open all the time, nobody bugging you and good friendly people is bad? ? ?
WalMart doesn't make their employees work there - they can go and work whereever they want. It's absolutely the best operation around - for the public and for the employees. Where else would these people be working? McDonalds?
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Bringing US jobs to underdeveloped countries who will bid lower DOESN'T raise the mean standard of living for humanity, it LOWERS it. It allows corporations to EXPLOIT unstable political situations and desperation.
The only way for an undeveloped country to truly raise it's standard of living in a progressive way is to do it on it's own. To create their own native employers and build a productive niche, like what happened in east asia in the 20th century.
Lowering the buying power a producing job nets by exploiting civil unrest does not do the working class anywhere any good. Once a low standard has been set (e.g. workers working for pennies instead of nickles), it's difficult to raise it.