Simone White - Great Imperialist State

From the Album I am the Man

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• State

[BamBix1234]

Nice song.

[NeroroPuj]

Great song!

[werich1]

The problem in my opinion is, that the 1st world economy bloom on the shoulders of the less developed countries. would there be a real fair market without protective duties and with equally educated participants - i would feel much less guilty.

You know - I woke up this morning with this song and noticed the lyrics for the first time, and it made me choke. regards...

[cabernet5]

@werich1 there is no moral reason why you should feel guilty for being able to get more wealth for less physical labor than others elsewhere in the world. This 1st world economy determines that the work of a web developer is more valuable than the tea-grower, comparatively. Is it the web developer's fault that the market determined this?

Eventually, with the money he makes selling tea to Simone White he will be able to send his kids of to college to become web developers;)

[werich1]

So it's a story about the fortune to be born in a 1st world country and the question for arising responsibility.

[werich1]

@cabernet5

Hello! With all respect to your trust into the free market - either you can't or won't understand that you indeed work hard 40h per week for your new toyota, your condominium, health insurance and pension while the farmer is working equally hard for making himself and his family something to eat and maybe some primitive comfort in life (TV, motorcycle and a decent reserve in case of a crop failure). But he is human - just like you and me!

[cabernet5]

@NicosNicosNicosNicos

These countries are industrializing. If you look at all of the indicators, the increase in urban jobs, the growth of cities, the development of native service industries, there is no significant country that i know of that is regressing in terms of industrialization.

its a little over dramatic to say that the economy is at a serious risk of collapse due to a drop in prices... practically i am not familiar with any cash crop nation collapsing as a result of a price drop

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

@cabernet5 de-industrialization?No,on the contrary,if these countries could break away from their role as mere suppliers of raw materials and industrialise,it would be a different story.

"ASK the third world tea farmer,i think he rather likes it that she buys his tea"

Farmers are certainly glad that their crops are bought but there are some aspects of being "third world" that are undesirable, and a lot can have to do with one's economy being at risk of collapse every time world tea prices drop.

[cabernet5]

@cabernet5

and another thing, sustainability, in the face of the current and projected size of the earth's population can be best achieved by technological innovation in the field of recycling, renewal, and low impact technology.

I would hate for the third world to be subject to forced de-industrialization... just so a few pale faced ideologues in wealthy countries could feel morally righteous.