What is the living wage for this country? $293/month seems awfully low in comparison to non-3rd world countries. Why do we let American companies get away with paying these people such poor wages. I bet that they can't even afford to buy one of the products that they make.
@Jason B That's true, I"ve often wondered about that. There they are assembling these meaningless luxuries. I wonder if they look at those items and think "What the heck does this do, anyway?" or worse, 'I spend my life building these things, and I can't even afford one myself." It does make me think twice about buying these things. To be honest, I wouldn't mind paying a bit more for some of the luxury items, electronics that are assembled in these low pay slave factories. To me the real solution is robotics. Factories should have all these manual repetitive tasks done by robots and all menial jobs automated. Then have all human jobs related to arts, science or management, something that is inspiring to a human. We could do away with the monetary system, or at least drastically change it. I still think people should be rewarded for hard work and excellence. Stupid meaningless crap like lotteries should be done away with. If everybody has an equal chance and opportunity to get educated and excel, the lottery is meaningless. Everybody gets food, a home, excellent medical care, and excellent education. 25% of everyone's work load would be assigned to public servitude. That way things that have to be done by humans that don't get done by choice, still get done. But at just 10 hours a week, it's a very acceptable amount. It could be being a janitor, or trash man or doing medical work, whatever gap needs filling. A lot of young or older people would be volunteering for this stuff anyway. Older retired people a lot just like to have something simple to do that keeps them busy and gives them a chance be useful and interact with people. Other than that, with so many people and freedom, things will just work out. There is a natural division of vocational motivations in humans. There are artistic people (actors, painters, chefs), science oriented people, humanitarian people (medical care, counselors, teachers), and organizational people (managers, business runners, government operators.) And then there's criminals and crazy people, both of which would get treatment from humanitarians that specialize in helping such people. And the world would have no more problems. All thanks to changing the world in response to Foxconn's problems. Let's do it.
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What is the living wage for this country? $293/month seems awfully low in comparison to non-3rd world countries. Why do we let American companies get away with paying these people such poor wages. I bet that they can't even afford to buy one of the products that they make.
@Jason B A chinese worker that I work with says that 5 yuan (worth ~75¢) buys lunch.
@Jason B That's true, I"ve often wondered about that. There they are assembling these meaningless luxuries. I wonder if they look at those items and think "What the heck does this do, anyway?" or worse, 'I spend my life building these things, and I can't even afford one myself." It does make me think twice about buying these things. To be honest, I wouldn't mind paying a bit more for some of the luxury items, electronics that are assembled in these low pay slave factories. To me the real solution is robotics. Factories should have all these manual repetitive tasks done by robots and all menial jobs automated. Then have all human jobs related to arts, science or management, something that is inspiring to a human. We could do away with the monetary system, or at least drastically change it. I still think people should be rewarded for hard work and excellence. Stupid meaningless crap like lotteries should be done away with. If everybody has an equal chance and opportunity to get educated and excel, the lottery is meaningless. Everybody gets food, a home, excellent medical care, and excellent education. 25% of everyone's work load would be assigned to public servitude. That way things that have to be done by humans that don't get done by choice, still get done. But at just 10 hours a week, it's a very acceptable amount. It could be being a janitor, or trash man or doing medical work, whatever gap needs filling. A lot of young or older people would be volunteering for this stuff anyway. Older retired people a lot just like to have something simple to do that keeps them busy and gives them a chance be useful and interact with people. Other than that, with so many people and freedom, things will just work out. There is a natural division of vocational motivations in humans. There are artistic people (actors, painters, chefs), science oriented people, humanitarian people (medical care, counselors, teachers), and organizational people (managers, business runners, government operators.) And then there's criminals and crazy people, both of which would get treatment from humanitarians that specialize in helping such people. And the world would have no more problems. All thanks to changing the world in response to Foxconn's problems. Let's do it.
@sonicwind You sure are optimistic about human nature aren't you.