Serpent O - R wrote:
All these companies that are losing money because they are not putting it back where they got it from.
Like you said, the majority of their expenses are spent on mass production. So most of hasbro's money is getting pumped into the eastern market.
But hasbro is a western company with a western culture audience. So, it has to bring its product back here so they can generate a profit from the western market.
The problem is that the western market is on life support because it is running out of money. The western market doesn't produce anything the eastern market needs on any significant level, so our money just sits there.
This terrible situation can be avoided if companies produced the product where their customer base is located to keep the cycle of money flowing forever.
This makes perfect sense to you and me, and in an ideal world this would be how things are. Centralisation of production and distribution nearer the actual consumer market would ultimately weather economic turmoil better in the long run.
Heck it may even avoid it all together.
But in the Western corporate world, this like anything that makes sense or requires an essence of thought, effort or compassion is too costly and not viable.
Of course I say Western but what I really mean is America and the UK. As far as I can tell Europe seems to be doing o.k. but then Europe didn't get on it's high horse and go lusting for oil. money and power.
I hate to say it but from discussion with some Middle Eastern friends of mine it seems had Bush the Sequel not come along with his crackpot ideologies and his money grubbing father and cronies then the Western economy would be in a far better state.
There are a huge number of Middle Eastern companies and individuals sitting on mountains of money and prior to Gulf War Two many of them were considering investing in Western companies or registering on Western Stock Markets.
Now these individuals weren't/aren't neccesarily Pro-Saddam or Al Qaeda or whatever reactionary instinct or (right-wing) individuals might tell you but they could see the real reasoning behind the alledged:
War on Terror
i.e. Territorial conquest or influence. So they pulled out, held back or held off.
Couple that with increased military spending, a falsely perceived sense of economic and political superiority and a whole other plethora of factors and you're left with what we have now.
It's alright though Dubya's retired to his ranch, Blair is now a Catholic *lolwot* and we've brought peace to Iraq.
Anyway, what's past is past, and unfortunately there is a lot of mess to clear, here, there and everywhere. The older and wiser among us, or do I mean more cynical, will realise that some of this will never be cleared up and that it's chaotic nature or fragility is intrinsic to the power structure.
But hey if we all wish, trip or try hard enough the world might just be a better place.
Until ancient evil rises from the pyramid to blow us all into J'nwan...
