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Jadespring1/21/2011 7:23:00 am PST

re: #150 RogueOne

I think it should be more than that. If they want access to our markets and our money what are they willing to do for it? In almost all the areas I work if a developer wants to build something they have to add in some form of neighborhood improvements. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for some form of improvements in the area of civil rights for their citizens, even if it’s just token reforms at least it would be a start.

Well I agree that would be nice and it’s a good argument but it’s an argument based on the assumption of who holds the power in the relationship basically that we’re doing them a favor. It’s a political argument. In the case of somewhere like Vietnam the fact that they can make stuff, cheap is a power position. It’s also not nescessarily them that is looking for access and saying “help us help us.” It’s big companies looking for access to their sources because it’s good for the bottom line, a two way street, so it’s them working out the deals, not the politicians and they lobby both governments to make sure they happen if there are any political issues that get in the way.