Comment A lack of depth (Score 1) 614
I am tired of the simplicity of analysis so commonplace in any sort commentary today, not just by Mr. Katz. Maybe my position in the technnology industry and the huge amounts of factual information available to me on lots of different subjects makes my jaded, but I'm partial to taking a little bit more time and doing more analysis.
Lets talk about young kids being exploited and coutries being figuratively raped. Cheap labor?
how about the alternatives? Prostitution, eating and scavenging from garbage heaps, living in hovels or having no housing at all. These conditions were commonplace before companies in industrialized nations starting searching for cheap labor outside of their home country's borders. Now children might only make $1.75 a day
but they don't have to sell their bodies to eat garbage. Often, these companies provide some level of schooling and housing. They provide basic medical care and counseling.
Changing conditions for people in the 3rd world is something that is going to take time. As is common in most efforts, THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES. These countries will have to go through the same growing pains that we (the US) did.
Some time there are lesser evils. Keep that in mind.
Lets talk about young kids being exploited and coutries being figuratively raped. Cheap labor?
how about the alternatives? Prostitution, eating and scavenging from garbage heaps, living in hovels or having no housing at all. These conditions were commonplace before companies in industrialized nations starting searching for cheap labor outside of their home country's borders. Now children might only make $1.75 a day
but they don't have to sell their bodies to eat garbage. Often, these companies provide some level of schooling and housing. They provide basic medical care and counseling.
Changing conditions for people in the 3rd world is something that is going to take time. As is common in most efforts, THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES. These countries will have to go through the same growing pains that we (the US) did.
Some time there are lesser evils. Keep that in mind.
