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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sancho" data-source="post: 1540193" data-attributes="member: 27039">This is excellent in classical economic theory, but rings a little hollow given what´s happened worldwide in the last couple of years. At the centre of all production and distribution is the financial sector....obviously something is really, really rotten with the entire system and I´m at a loss to explain, for example, the massive price rises you correctly bemoan by the "alphas". They don´t make any economic sense, but nothing does lately. (Like rotten banks staying in business at our expense).And of course economics/politics is everything, the aggregate of our individual consumer choices determines what happens worldwide. I´m simply not convinced that criticising the optics producers of one country, based on the human rights (or workers´rights) issues in that country, is valid. Firstly, capitalism worldwide was founded on slavery, war and imperialism, even if it led to "liberal democracy" for the élites of the planet. It must make the Chinese laugh wryly to be criticised by those of us who founded and protected our systems (and our alpha companies in all sectors) on the most abominable human rights abuses in history. Secondly, if it is justified to boycott Chinese goods on political/human rights grounds, why is it not justified to also boycott European or U.S. goods on exactly the same kinds of issues? And I´m not talking about historical abuses here, I´m talking about right now, current practice worldwide....for example, and without spelling it out, folks, have a look at the worldwide human rights consequences of the so-called "War(s) on Terror". There. I´ve nailed my flag to the mast now so if you don´t hear from me, I´ve been "rendered". Extraordinarily.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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