Well thats the definition of a metaphor, its about similarity not identity. I think the similarity he wanted to point out: people in misery will do whats necessary to survive. Be that sewing together sport shoes in a sweat shop 14 hours a day or working in coal mine without any protection of labour.CABAL said:First of all, foreign investment is not sex. And second of all, people in Asia is not a group of children in service for sexual services. Once again, an absolutely terrible metaphor.
"The market will regulate it for the good of all"-rhetoric doesn't change the fact that TNCs are the ones to profit from it first and foremost, europeans and americans pay the price and people in the developing world are lucky if they get a small slice of the cake.
Do you happen to be called McCarthy? I think if one favours state interventionism in certain situations doesn't make him a "commie". Unregulated Capitalism sometimes doesn't work out, thats known at least since the great depression.CABAL said:Your statement about China and India as a de facto slave society is quite interesting. I've heard these type of arguements from far right leaning Marxists, Communists, and Socialists. Ollie Garchy, are you a Marxist?
Well on the other hand today people say "Its the oil stupid" and totally neglect the presence of moral motives which doesn't do justice to it either.Ollie Garchy said:In my opinion, the Anglo-Saxon countries fought two world wars against Germany to eliminate that country's serious potential for regional and international trade dominance. Forget the moral excuses. The Anglo-Saxon states feared that future developments would enhance Germany far beyond their own capacities and capabilities. They responded with war. Like you accurately point out, the national interest motivates action.
I do not necessarily support such a narrow policy, and am generally pissed off that the Anglo-Saxon countries successfully masked their Realpolitik with a veneer of morality.
I think your argument is quite right concerning the 1st WW. I dont think fear of trade dominance played much of a role in WW2 though as Nazi Germany was striving for autarky anyway.