And they said Capitalism would bring Freedom to China
by John Young
From John Young's blog.
"For decades we have heard proponents of globalism and global trade argue that bringing capitalism to China would painlessly increase the level of freedom in that oppressed nation.
So far, no dice. In fact, it is arguable that matters have gotten
materially worse.
The New York Daily News has reported truly brutal conditions for
workers in a Chinese capitalist enterprise that subcontracts work for
the globalist software giant Microsoft.
KYE Systems is a Chinese sweatshop that handles work for such
international corporations as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Logitech and
Acer among others. Spokesmen for the company say that their labor
practices are fully in compliance with Chinese labor laws; which
should tell us something once we see what conditions are like for
workers at KYE Systems.
According to a report by the National Labour Committee, a human rights
group based in Pittsburgh; KYE prefers to hire only women aged 18 to
25, because it considers them "easier to control." However, pictures
smuggled out of the plant indicate some of the workers may be as young
as 14. This is unsurprising as the NLC's report indicates that KYE
also hires so-called "work-study" students younger than 16.
Workers are paid 65 cents an hour, from which ten cents are deducted
to pay for food. They work 15 hour shifts six or seven days a week;
sleep in bunk-beds with fourteen workers per room; and endure near-
constant sexual harassment by guards who do not allow them to talk,
listen to music or even use the bathroom during their long shifts.
Cleanliness is at a premium as well; as the workers are limited to
sponge baths from a bucket of water. And they likely need showers as
temperatures in the plant are as hot as 86 degrees.
Just for the record, women forced to endure groping by armed guards in
order to eat, are not free.
We have surrendered our own autonomy and quality of life. And for
what? Certainly not for freedom."
News Source: John Young's blog
http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=8819