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Great movie explaining why the USA has lost jobs and money to China which refuses to play fair in trade and human rights.
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02/19/23
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This supposed "documentary" is another of those political pieces for scapegoating. All of its points (with a whole lot of finger-pointing at China) reeks of self-serving hypocrisy and pushing convenient labels on others for our own failings.
Look... I get it, I lost my job to competition from China too, but I don't blame some far off foreign country, when it is my own political leadership and our corporate management that has failed our workers.
Why blame China when the basis of our capitalism is "free markets" and global competition? China "crime" just happens to be a country that has adopted our American free enterprise model with an enthusiasm and energy that few others can match.
Why didn't we blame the Japanese, when they "flooded" our markets with cheap consumer electronic products back in the 80s?
Likewise, why didn't we blame the India for taking over all our software jobs too?
India does not have a whole lot of worker's rights nor do they have proper environmental protection laws.
Come on...aren't this a little too selective in pushing the blame?
There are many other Asian countries that have atrocious working conditions and equally bad, if not worst, environmental pollution as they are all trying to industrialize, and give their own people a leg up the economic ladder.
Consider this too..the UK during her industrial revolution in the 1800s had terrible pollution and near zero worker's rights, not to mention extensive use of child labor too.
But of course, that was UK then, but who are we to fault China for trying to rapidly walk through the same path to development now?
In fact, moving a Billion people from abject poverty to a modicum of middle-class wealth within 20 years, without a severe social revolution of some sorts, is a testament to their governmental efforts.
Any other Western nation going through the major and rapid changes that China has, would probably not do as well as she did.
Western industrial nations are the ones who welcomed China into WTO, and now when she has done well within the system, we punish her for being a better capitalistic competitor? What hypocrisy?!
Would you rather China, NOT join WTO and be like another North Korea, that is isolated and a constant destabilizing threat to the rest of the world?
So make up your mind Navarro, what do you want?
Ok, lets say you want China to "play by the rules" of "fair trade" (whatever the heck that means), so do we expect Chinese companies to pay their workers the salaries that American workers get even after factoring for the exchange rate? Come on folks!
What constitutes "fair trade" and does it have any meaning for a capitalistic dog-eat-dog system that America is (and long before China even joined the WTO).
You'd think Wall Streeters and American bankers and corporate CEOs are not themselves as harsh as or even more brutal when it comes to the bottom line?
Point is, the Chinese are merely learning the rules of our capitalism game and happen to be better than us at it. That is the only reason why fear China, more than other countries doing the same (but are not as successful).
During the Cold War, we feared the Soviet Union as a military competitor, but they were no match for our capitalist /consumer system.
Now, we've met our match with China as both a worthy military and economic competitor, and thats why America is shaking in her boots.
I don't know about you, but I relish a good fight with someone my size and matching my capability. China is worthy competitor and can be a friend too, if our political leadership handles it well. Remember, we were sworn enemies with the Japanese during WWII but it now Japan has largely adopted the American way of life and has become a steadfast ally too. Who is to say China is not on the same path towards a safer world?
I'll admit there are no easy answers to this conundrum and plenty of mis-steps could lead to war and conflict, just as with the Japanese. So I suggest Navarro tread carefully with his rhetoric and work with the Chinese as "frenemy" rather than paint them over with overly broad strokes.
It is the same with American companies competing in capitalistic markets today. No two companies is BFF (best friends forever) nor is it unheard of for competitors to join hands or efforts to conquer new markets. I mean Apple was once the arch-enemy of Microsoft, and Microsoft even saved Apple from bankruptcy once....and now they too actively compete with each other.
The same applies between countries except with more layers of complexity.
So, keep a level head and not over-simplify our relationship with China, nor should we be overtly antagonistic towards them.
Hey, as we often like to say: its not personal, its just business.
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02/22/23
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Read the label, and protect American jobs!
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02/21/23
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So...this "documentary" happened.
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01/28/23
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we have a duty to watch movies like this
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01/24/23
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Er, can you say "Propaganda?" I knew you could. The facts are rather selective. Take for example the shipping of the machines from a plant in the US to China. Why are we told about a small number of products made by prison labor (can you say "license plates?") and not shown the professional operation of the transferred machinery? Or what about Jerry Lewis' 1960s movie where he complains about the Japanese making everything? Or the 80's when it was Mexico making everything? Developing countries do manufacturing, it just so happens China is B-I-G. Anyway, watch if you want, but you won't get the whole story here. Be prepared to be let down wondering what was left out and having to search it out on your own.
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01/28/23
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