HungarianGypsy wrote:
"This is a serious question that I would like answered. If we no longer bought things from China who would suffer the most? Those higher up or the slave labor we are trying to protect in the first place? I would really appreciate insight on this, since I have asked it many times with no answer. Thanks!"
I wish I had a black and white way to answer your question.The news from China is very disturbing. They seem to care little for environmental concerns. China is evidently putting alot of its money and resources into its military buildup. They can use North Korea like a hired gun. They may soon move on Taiwan, and a shoving match with Japan has already begun. But the average Chinese person is just like you or I, trying to stay alive and have a little joy in the doing. It sure doesn't seem right to deprive them of a chance for a better life. What a bummer!
If only we could reform the greedy folks, be they commie bureaucrats, or capitalist captains of industry who imagine that their time is worth infinetely more than any person's who works with their hands. And I'm not so naive to think that labor unions are the answer to all the working person's problems.
My answer then is this:
Life requires a balancing of opposing forces, wishes, needs...and we must work to ensure that neither side gains the upper hand permanently. So, while we buy goods made in China, we need to apply increasing pressure against their government to force them to spend less resources on their military and more to raise the standard of living of the Chinese people. They must change their monetary policies, or else...