Just been watching a program about poaching in S. African game reserves. Thought of NT and his money grubbing friends !! They are slaughtering the last few rhino for their horns, to sell !! Capitalism gone barmey !!
Sweat shops in Asia
The weapons trade
child labour
etc etc
shame on you NT. Do principles and morality count for nothing in your world or are they up for sale too !!
Also, let me say shame on you making judgments about my principles when you know nothing about me…
poaching...weapons trade...child labour...what makes you think I’m in favour of any of them???
Capitalism eliminated child labour.Why were most children made to work before the 20th century? Is it because parents were sadistic and governments cruel? Hardly. It’s because, before capitalism made us rich, children had to work if they were to survive at all. When a family lives on the equivalent of a dollar a day, there is no alternative: if you can work, you work—or you starve.
What eliminates child labor is not government decree but a rising standard of living. That’s what eliminated it in the West during the 19th century and that is what is eliminating it today in places like China. As parents grow richer, one of the first things they do is use their burgeoning incomes to send their children to school.
This is not solely an issue of parental benevolence. The fact is, children are not very productive in a modern society. They lack the skills, knowledge, and attention span needed to perform important tasks. Once industrial capitalism began to advance beyond simple machines, there wasn’t a whole lot children could do.
I don’t expect you to understand this because Marxists like you rarely formulate logical arguments, nor can you think clearly. It’s all emotional rhetoric..
