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Originally Posted by AChimp
Yes, because the few hundred Indians who work at the Coke plant will be reflective of the rest of Indian society, which is completely dependent on Coke.
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I wasn't implying, nor did I ever say that it would be all of Indian society. I think it's pretty clear I was talking about the families/generations of those who work there.
(look, I can use the roll eyes emoticon, too!)
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You're forgetting the caste system again. There's only a few brands of Indian who would be allowed to consider working in the Coke factory.
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What kind of citizens work in a coke factory in the United States?? Are they people with MBAs or PhDs in Physics?? The only difference between the Indian caste system and the economic stratification of places like America is that in India, it's the same families and bloodlines caught in that stratification. America's upward mobility aside, the caste system has little to do with our argument.
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This is hardly the case when you have third world nations serving as exporting nations to Western nations that are primarily importing nations. There's one boat rising, and it's got DVD players with surround sound.
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Puh-leese. India is hardly a Third World country. When half your population lives like we do in the West, and the other half get to muck out clogged sewers, it's a social problem, not the fault of corporations.
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I never said all of India was a third world nation, I was addressing the system of globalization as a whole.
(Woah! This is fun!)
I think you're also grossly over-stating the "half of them live like us" point. Roughly 1/4 of the country lives in terrible poverty, the kind that would make even America's poorest look like wealthy aristocrats. If half the population is doing so well, "like us," then why do their brains come to
our countries to make and save some money to return home with???
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Perpetuating how? Like I said in my previous post, Coke is providing a product that millions of Indians use, throw away and stop caring about like the rest of us.
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Jeanette addressed the water issue, but back to my initial point, there's a question of self-sustainability. Since 2002, India's agricultural output has dropped, which means farmers are shit out of luck. Do you think it's just these couple-hundred workers who are/will be working for a multi-national in India???