> left it so far behind the world standard I'm pretty sure "the world standard" for shipping is low pay and workers getting treated like crap. In any sector o

> left it so far behind the world standard I'm pretty sure "the world standard" for shipping is low pay and workers getting treated like crap. In any sector of the economy where you don't have protectionism, it quickly becomes a "race to the bottom" where companies move to the least regulated places where there's no minimum wage; various forms of worker abuse are legal; and there's basically no safety / environmental protection.