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(re: Chinese labor camps making our goods)
Landru:

"Ponder this:

Imagine you are one the the "heads of state" presiding over a regime controlling the planet's last hard core communist totalitarian nation; and, you're faced with [literally] hordes of your citizens who're getting increasingly bold in their efforts demanding freedom and democracy?
Y'know the kind of "freedom(s)" they watch others enjoying in other nations around the globe on their *newly* acquired televisions via satellite??

In fact, these hordes are getting so unruly, they're taking their protests to national landmark sites like, Tiananman Square & the same satellite televison bringing the chinese people visions of freedom are now being used to carry images of *how* your regime enforces it's authority to quash these protests by your people & that's not good for your PR; so, this is serious business, these freedom movement(s).

Might you not devise a [clever] plan whereby you'd invite the planet's #1 free market nation's Capitalists to come over and set up their shops in your nation *just* to work your people [virtually] into the ground; and, while you took your humongous *cut*?
The people who were once causing you such a PITA & threat to your power would come to appreciate your vesion of Caitalists & the evil they represent?
How sweet would that be?

Think about it.

Can't be too much longer before the hordes who're staffing these overcrowded capitalist based chinese sweatshops will get sick of the filth & really develope a hatred for capitalism; &, more importantly, for those who'd embrace capitalism.
One thing's for certain, the chinese workers sure in the hell aren't gonna "unionize," are they?

I'd have to say person or persons clever enough to devise such a diabolical scheme using man's hunger for "freedom" as the carrot in such a horrible way possessed some mighty amazing insights into human nature, psychology, sociology & of course, political science.
In fact, coincidentally the exact same qualities possessed & employed by the modern day Democratic Party right here in The United States of America, eh?? :o)

American Liberal-Socialists would just love to "break" our capitalist system bad enough there'd be no need to trick us into accepting their socialism, we'd ask 'em for it."
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Damn, Landru...It's diabolical to say the least...
You know Lan, I recall a conversation we had awhile back, about this subject. At the time, I didn't fully understand your position on all of this.
I guess I was just a little thick (as a brick) about it, but NOW, a little light just went off...
and now...*I get it!*

Ummmm, do I get a prize, or sumpin?