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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Money 2

Once I had a discussion with dear Aliph about socialism vs capitalism. One thing I will remember the notion that the suffering of the proletariat under capitalist system is collateral damage. Let me tell you this, it's intentional. Those poor labourer suffer because the company wants to make the most money with the least amount of capital. Apple and many other company make factories in China because the labor so cheap that it could hardly brings the labourer out of poverty and there no such thing as labour law there. The workers paid so little and the work hazard is so high. The big company doesn't care about their workers health unless it create controversies. Capitalist come so close at making these people their slaves.

I remember watching a TV show. I'm not what it was really all about, but it left lasting impression in my memory. A worker in tuna factory in Indonesia, preparing tuna in the can we buy off the shelves were paid 1 hour of minimum wage in Britain for a day's work. The worker, a lady with a family to feed, work so hard, live away from the family and taking the cheap snacks that most Malaysian won't hardly look as a great luxuries that she cried when someone treat her some snacks and chocolate. The British that were in the show saying something about willing to pay more for the tuna knowing that the money will go to people like the Indonesian lady. I say yes to that and the company should increase the workers pay and improve the working condition. Stop hogging all the profits. Spread the money.

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