Arrrgh! Because the weather keeps changing (which means I have to move my problem joint constantly to change what the tumor is pressing on I guess, I didn't get any sleep last night. None. That said, it's kind of weird because even though logically I know I must be, I am not consciously aware of being tired or in pain… I feel kind of dizzy and generally cranky, but that's about it. I canceled going to the gym today because it would have just been a waste, so hopefully tomorrow is a bit better.
Other than that whiny crap, I was reading about how Wal-Mart is China's largest corporate trading partner. Because Wal-Mart is so aggressive with pricing and is willing to go to countries like China that manufacture using extremely cheap labor, they set the price that American manufacturers have to beat in order to compete in their own market… Now, the book I was reading presented this as an inherently bad thing, but I was thinking it might not be. The end result of having a relatively high standard of living, but being forced to compete with nations with low standards of living, has made the American worker the most productive on the planet (as in they can produce more product per work hour per worker than any other nation on the planet), solving the problem with superior manufacturing techniques rather than what amounts to slave labor.
The only real problem I see is that pouring a ton of money into a country that doesn't respect its workers is suicidal, because you create a very wealthy, very well armed, but totally unstable nation.
“We call it a pole-car, because you ride on the end of a pole.”
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