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Yea, it looks like China. We need to stop making cultures rich by making products in the cheapest country--Blah--Blah--Blah. It doesn't look like business as
by icantdrive55 10y ago
Yea, it looks like China. We need to stop making cultures rich by making products in the cheapest country--Blah--Blah--Blah. It doesn't look like business as normal will Not change.
The older I get, and the more I find out about the cultural norms in certain countries; the more I want high tariffs, and flat out bans. We will get by with paying more for our stuff.
To send a message, I wouldn't mind seeing a complete ban on ivory here. Yes, gather up all that pre-19whatever Ivory, and burn it. If it sends a slight message to the Chinese, it would be worth it. And this is comming from someone who appreciates old ivory artifacts/collectables. No--I don't own any, out of moral reasons.
Teaching a dumb country, including a large swath of Americans, traditional medicine doesn't work is a whole other problem.
I would like to see guys like Zuckerburg, Buffet, and Gates send Placebo missionaries over to countries like China, and the rest. They could just try to educate these people. They could pay to put up bill boards. They could try?
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/what-is-it-about-an-elephants-tusks-that-make-them-so-valuable/262021/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/what-is-...
- nostrademons 10y agoChina & the U.S. both banned trade in ivory last September: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory#Controversy_and_conservation_issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory#Controversy_and_conserva... And the U.S. confiscated and crushed a ton of ivory in Times Square last year.
- astazangasta 10y agoYeah, those damn Chinese and their idiot culture, not like us Americans with our highly refined sensibilities... If you're interested in education, rather than having the Great White Hopes do it, perhaps you would consider that there are people there already fighting this fight, and that countries have their own reformers and don't need an injection of Western wisdom. http://www.upworthy.com/thanks-to-yao-ming-killing-sharks-for-their-fins-is-down-50-and-hes-just-getting-started http://www.upworthy.com/thanks-to-yao-ming-killing-sharks-fo...