[kj] Jaz would nt appreciate this article

[Phillipps Marc]

>So,Stop looking for negatives and so-called injustices and look at the
>benefits of the Status Quo.

3 chords and a lot of denim?


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> From:	peter.west410 [SMTP:peter.west410 at ntlworld.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:19 AM
> To:	A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> Subject:	Re: [kj] Jaz would nt appreciate this article
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> 
> If you will notice Greg,The countries where people are starving are the
> countries that never fully embraced Capitalism.
>    You keep referring to Countries that make consumer goods for The
> West,But
> I will name five Counties who were piss poor third world countries who
> started making things for the |West and who are now developed,enriched and
> no longer require foreign help:Taiwan,South Korea,Thailand ,Hong kong,
> Malaysia......And China is getting there.These places all started off
> "Being
> slaves to the West" ,gradually built up their wealth ,And can now stand on
> their own feet
>      The counties that never started to produce things are the ones where
> all the problems are.
>     So,Stop looking for negatives and so-called injustices and look at the
> benefits of the Status Quo.
> 
>         PW
> 
> 
> 
> > The latest figure, compiled by world hunger groups and such, is 50,000
> die
> > each day due to hunger and preventable disease (like diherrea due to
> untreated
> > drinking water, or, in the UK, to Peter West's open mouth, lol). I think
> the
> > figure used to be 30,000 a day, but I'm not sure how it's changed in
> recent
> > years.
> > Second, the fact that tech-related consumer goods get cheaper with time
> is
> > both good and bad. Good for the consumer, but bad because the labor
> required to
> > produce each unit is less. THat means that the company profits less on
> each
> > unit sold (for example, a cell phone solf for $50 yeilds less profit
> than
> one
> > sold for $100). And guess what happens when less profit is made? Wages,
> hours,
> > benefits, etc. go down! That's why the total buying power is going down
> (and
> > people are less able to afford necessities). For example, when I WAS A
> KID,
> > almost everyone could afford to buy a home by around age 30, even if you
> didn't go
> > to college. Now, it's a complete fantasy to buy a home before age 30,
> and
> if
> > you didn't go to college it takes even longer, or never. Karl Marx
> predicted
> > all this 150 years ago and it came true--not fortune telling, just
> economics.
> >
> 
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