Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1 July 2005

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From: Just zis Guy, you know?
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:00

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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:50:18 +0000 (UTC), M Holmes
<fofp@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

>> Due in no small part to the developed world taking as much of the
>> small amount of money they do generate as we can possibly manage.

>The whole point of earning money is that you get to spend it. We get the
>money by *trading* with them. Inasmuch as it's voluntary, trade benefits
>both parties.

Allegedly.  Although there's precious little evidence of it benefiting
the average Nike sweatshop worker.

If Western companies offered Western levels of employee rights in the
third world, I would find your point a lot more compelling.  What they
actually do, in many cases, is exploit cheap labour.

Guy
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