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George, I did not talk aboutslavery, my own country started as a trading post, for thedutch to buy food for their ships from the locals. That is what I referd to.
George and Luke, you both show a bit of a misunderstanding for the African situation. You do not understand the high unemployment (36% in my country), and the complete lack of labour laws in some countries. In countries like Nam (where I lived, and I worked with one particular factory that did this) the government suspended labour laws for a chinese clothes manufacturer. The workers worked in horrible circumstances, but could not quit, there is no other work there. And this factory also ruined the local manufactorers, as they could make their clothes cheaper because ofthey did not have to listen to labour laws, and I am not only talking about minimum wage, but the situaton in this factory was dangerous.
This is capatalism at it worst, and it is ironic it is China making use of this!
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“From the point of view of the pharmaceutical industry, the AIDS problem has already been solved. After all, we already have a drug which can be sold at the incredible price of $8, 000 an annual dose, and which has the added virtue of not diminishing the market by actually curing anyone.”
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