Save the Ethiopian people by exploiting them.

[ewurm]

I gave my theory in class, and my Econ professor agreed that it would work. Here it is:

The Ethiopian people have less than nothing. I can solve all of their problems by exploiting them, at least by our standards anyway. I will build a factory and some basic infrastructure in a more heavily populated area. I will offer food, shelter, clean water, and some basic medical care. In exchange they will work in my factory for 12 hours a day. This would probably amount to about $2 an hour, which is much more than they can hope to produce independently. I will turn Ethiopia into the new Japan. In the 90's Japan was an Economic leader even though it has few resources. Raw materials are imported, turned into consumable goods, and exported. The main capital in Japan was labor. My empire would provide much cheaper but much more unskilled labor than Japan, but it could be the hub for unskilled labor in the east. Sounds like exploitation, but if both sides benefit, is it really?

 

[milkman407]

Can i be your assistant manager?

 

[Mystix212]

The Industrial Revolution wanted it to be that way, but you end up finding 5 year old children working 15 hour shifts with no rest.

Great idea, but someone will loot it, blow it up etc.

 

[DiXoN]

its like this, you can exploit everyone with benefits for all if your want.
for examples look at this.

to get rid of obesity and solve an energy crisis make everyone have an exersise bike and cycle for 2 hours per day for people over 16 and under 16,s cycle 1 hour per day, link this too the national grid and hey presto exersize and energy.
to solve the litter problem just fit spikes to blind peoples white sticks.

 

[kyleking007]

if i start buying junk filters made in Ethiopia i'm coming to find you..

 

[neoprodigy]

I gave my theory in class, and my Econ professor agreed that it would work. Here it is:

The Ethiopian people have less than nothing. I can solve all of their problems by exploiting them, at least by our standards anyway. I will build a factory and some basic infrastructure in a more heavily populated area. I will offer food, shelter, clean water, and some basic medical care. In exchange they will work in my factory for 12 hours a day. This would probably amount to about $2 an hour, which is much more than they can hope to produce independently. I will turn Ethiopia into the new Japan. In the 90's Japan was an Economic leader even though it has few resources. Raw materials are imported, turned into consumable goods, and exported. The main capital in Japan was labor. My empire would provide much cheaper but much more unskilled labor than Japan, but it could be the hub for unskilled labor in the east. Sounds like exploitation, but if both sides benefit, is it really?

you going to be a sweatshop overlord...

 

[cichlaguapote]

Welcome to job outsourcing 101.. Except you're skipping paying them a monetary hourly/daily wage in exchange for food/shelter. Most of mass production beat you to the general idea though.

An idea that's good for big business but bad for home country economy.

 

[ewurm]

you going to be a sweatshop overlord...

It's Africa. They were sweating before, now they sweat to improve their lives. Before they sweated because it was hot.

Welcome to job outsourcing 101.. Except you're skipping paying them a monetary hourly/daily wage in exchange for food/shelter. Most of mass production beat you to the general idea though.


An idea that's good for big business but bad for home country economy.

I care not about "Home Economy". I thoroughly believe that if free trade were implemented, the local economy would be forced to compete rationally or choose specialties that would be more suited to them. General labor is not a "specialty". The economy only benefits from specialization when a real skill is involved. If someone else can do it cheaper, I applaud them. I will buy from them. I don't care if they are my neighbor, or Japan, or Ethiopia. If the quality is the same it doesn't matter to me. My "American Brothers" in Tennessee that built my Saturn command a wage that averages $30 an hour higher than their American counterparts that work for non-union companies. They can produce a comparable vehicle at a comparable price, but in order to compensate for the increased cost of manufacturing the quality suffers. I have a cheap plastic dashboard, a crappy stereo head, a catalytic converter that clogs after 50,000 miles, an intercooler wired in reverse polarity, and plastic clips holding panels together. If my Ethiopian brethren can manufacture goods and ship them here for less than my overpaid neighbor, I welcome it. The positive side effect is that it takes that person out of poverty. Basically what I am saying is I don't discriminate on the basis of proximity of the worker to me. If the Ethiopian can make it cheaper for less and I can bring him/her out of deadly forms of poverty, then he prevents my neighbor from screwing me with his high labor cost. Let the Ethiopian eat, and the bastard that wired my intercooler backwards starve. If the Ethiopian can do the same thing for less, or the same quality of work for a better overall price he is hired.

its like this, you can exploit everyone with benefits for all if your want.
for examples look at this.

to get rid of obesity and solve an energy crisis make everyone have an exersise bike and cycle for 2 hours per day for people over 16 and under 16,s cycle 1 hour per day, link this too the national grid and hey presto exersize and energy.
to solve the litter problem just fit spikes to blind peoples white sticks.

BRILLIANT! Only this idea could come from a Brit! Make the fat people ride bikes with alternators on them to produce electricity! Everybody wins!

 

[jasonmac978]

Interesting theory, Cheers for thinking way outside the box. I can see it now..."Ewurm's School of Modern Thought".

 

[Freeze_Dried_Bloodworm]

wurm for president!!!!