But are the Chinese factory workers not the inheritors of the mantle of the British workers who worked long hours and suffered during the Industrial Revolution?
I think my take on that is that it's not good enough to rely on governments to regulate : the problems just move to somewhere else, and this will continue as long as the majority of people don't think that the suffering of others is their problem, but should be sorted out by some vague 'Them'.
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Re: the ability of people to lift themselves out of poverty but that's a different question.
Date: 2010-12-07 06:15 pm (UTC)I think my take on that is that it's not good enough to rely on governments to regulate : the problems just move to somewhere else, and this will continue as long as the majority of people don't think that the suffering of others is their problem, but should be sorted out by some vague 'Them'.