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But who says the system self-destructs? The market has worked in this case - computers are yet cheaper, without a loss in quality. What outcome would be prefera
by v21 15y ago
But who says the system self-destructs? The market has worked in this case - computers are yet cheaper, without a loss in quality. What outcome would be preferable?
- rbanffy 15y ago> What outcome would be preferable? A sustainable one. What happens when manufacturing moves from China to someplace even cheaper with harsher labor laws?
- metel 15y agoMillions more are lifted out of poverty
- rbanffy 15y agoYou know that there is some point you are no longer lifting people out of poverty, but forcing them to work for less, right?
- forensic 15y agoWhat if their country has no respect for human life? What if, instead of our liberal economic policies lifting Chinese people out of poverty, our liberal economic policies are allowing Chinese people to pull us down to poverty? Everyone assumes that the future will have wealthy Chinese and never considers that maybe it will just have poor Americans. Global neo-feudalism is the way the economy is going.
- aspir 15y agoIn this instance, I assumed that "system" referred to Dell's business model, which did in fact suffer. From a consumer perspective, as you're referring to, it was preferable.
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- v21 15y agoAh yeah, that perspective makes sense. But on the other hand - what business model doesn't degrade over time? What magic that would be!