Ittokaos: Pak Mei Forever! BTW, Albuquerque, New Mexico born and bread.
Drake: Yea, the Aztecks and Incas were south of Texas, but their blood is working in the sweatshops in Chicago and flogging t-shirts on the streets of NY. Whatever, my point is one century's victor is another century's vanquished. Force of arms may not be just but it is the reality of why lands and cultures change.
How many McDonalds are there in Germany these days? Can you still get a rindswurst at the Schnell Imbiss trailer rolled up outside the Kaserne? Komrade speaks English pretty good these days, nicht wahr?
Economics and globalisation.
This is the tragedy of the American working class, or what's left of it.
The corporations bend over and drop trousers for the chinese on the promise of selling a billion packs of Jucy fruit or coca cola, and trade away your jobs in the bargain.
Anybody that doesn't understand that Walmart is the Chinese Embassy needs to check the labels on the merchandis.
The Chinese could compete when it was peasant labour, but China is a millionaires factory right now, and there is a serious middle class emerging that won't go back to the old ways. Thousands of new cars hit the road everyday in Bejing, as do all the other consumer durables that are hallmarks of a modern economy. They will not go back, that is the human condition.
So, just like oil, the US if financing its own demise in a consumption frenzy, mesmerised by the chant "we are the best and strongest in the whole world, la la la..."
Merry made the point: "The SEIU (service workers union) could, conceivably, be the wave of labor future in the united states. Well, illegal immigrants can't unionize effectively. They can't talk back. They can't protest with impact. If they try, they can be fired with impugnity and possibly deported, and there's always another to take their place. Systemically speaking, they run a greater risk of being treated poorly than any other subgroup of individuals in the country"
Yes, illeagals can't unionise or negotiate, THATS WHY THEY ARE ALLOWED TO WORK!
So, cheap stuff from China, Cheap Labour from Mexico, and cheap cars from Detroit with a massive oil habit. The evil trinity that dooms most middle and lower middle class Americans.
Sure, the US Economy is strong. GM and Ford can't sell their overpriced SUV's enough to make a profit, so they are buying up foreign manufactures and re-branding in the States, flogging Korean, Japanese and European rigs that the public really want. It won't be long before those great names in American industry are no more than venture capitalists. And that's just one example.
OLD Tiger is right, there is a selling out of America, and its tragic. But as long as the spin doctors can keep you preoccupied with populist issues, fear and inflated self images, they'll have their way, and you'll get the leftovers.
OK, now tell me that even the poor in America are doing fine, they have a TV.....
The issue is not illeagals, the issue is the people that employ them, and no, not the guy who hires one to cut his lawn, but the Landscaping company that hires 20 to service 250 homes in your neighborhood. Or the home builder that has 15 crews out building sub-divisions.
Peace y'all - not taking a swing at America, always hoping for the best. Knowledge is power.
Guangzhou Pak Mei Kung Fu School, Sydney Australia,
Sifu Leung, Yuk Seng
Established 1989, Glebe Australia
Originally Posted by Knifefighter
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