re: #170 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

Some quick rejoinders after watching that segment:
1. Everyone but the old guy in the white shirt is an idiot, and I’m not too sure about him.
2. Despite Bolling’s opinion, China does have a minimum wage law, which is not enforced very rigidly.
3. Workers in China do work very hard, because if they don’t, or if they miss a day, come in late, or get sick, they will lose their job.
4. Workers in China are beginning to rebel. No labor unions yet, but give them a couple of decades more.
5. Most Chinese workers work 6 days a week, often for 12 hours a day (especially factory workers). They get one week off for Spring Festival, and a few long weekends scattered throughout the year.
6. China produces a lot of stuff because there are a lot of Chinese. They are not necessarily more productive per capita than American workers doing similar jobs.
7. The dark-haired chick in the green dress has not been paying attention to Germany’s employment situation. Its economy is better than ours, IIRC.

It’s all ‘Decadent Socialist Europe’ like this is the 70s or something. That’s what’s stuck in their heads. They have no real idea what’s going on there.

The other thing is, Bolling wants American workers to work harder under less safe conditions for longer hours, and receive less pay. WHO THE FUCK IS GONNA BUY THE GOODS?