tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post2101891984618186236..comments2023-09-25T21:22:28.439-04:00Comments on Cup Of Joe Powell: Xbox Workers Threaten Mass SuicideJoe Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-64643278862150598922012-01-18T10:54:55.211-05:002012-01-18T10:54:55.211-05:00no simple solutions - yet it is quite instructive ...no simple solutions - yet it is quite instructive to note how little the U.S. press covers these terrible accounts of how Foxconn operates, especially since the American media is driven by ads for all those items they make!Joe Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-9992993490125365382012-01-17T09:32:34.869-05:002012-01-17T09:32:34.869-05:00The Daily Show did a thing on it last night, very ...The Daily Show did a thing on it last night, very well done:<br /><br />http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-16-2012/fear-factory<br /><br />Basically the point being, we don't WANT to compete with China for jobs, if THIS is what it takes to manufacture the electronic crap Americans want to buy.<br /><br />What's said is we started talking about Foxconn waaay back in 2010.<br /><br />I just finished reading Fareed Zakaria's "The Post American World." I don't agree with everything he says but a few items resonated, such as the reality of how in this day and age, it's not just capital that is globally mobile, it's labor. That's just reality and that bell won't be unrung. We won't be getting those manufacturing jobs back, and I'm not sure we want them if that's what it takes. America may not create the hardware, but we are creating the content and we are creating the software. Which makes this whole intellectual property discussion more interesting.<br /><br />Much to think about ....Southern Bealehttp://southernbeale.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com