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Mercnbeth -> RE: Vermont (11/3/2006 10:19:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: philosophy
......in this area it appears to me that the developed world is using the WTO, pretty much the only control on international capitalism and trade, to run roughshod over the developing world. Both the US and the EC are capable of running rings round the developing world by using the letter of the law, thus bypassing the spirit of it.
You asked for an example of how capitalism prevents economic development in the third world, hopefully this will satisfy that request.
philosophy,
Although on its surface I don't see your reference being the smoking gun for unfair trade practices of western countries, between the lines it speaks volumes. Focus on the key words of the WTO statement; "letter of the law"; within those words the real evil is disclosed.
Every law, every tariff, every regulation must run the gauntlet of review by people whose only function is to determine a way to subvert its intent. These people are not necessarily always capitalists. They don't produce, they don't build, and they don't work for the betterment of man. Their function is to confuse, subvert, and exploit. Even when representing indefensible evil they rationalize or at the very least filibuster until the frustration level reaches a point where the focus on the original evil is replaced by a desire to bring the situation to a conclusion. These people are called, lawyers.
It is why every good intended act is rewarded by litigation. They cause companies to become morally bankrupt. By the time laws are passed with the best intentions, lawyers have figured a way to circumvent it. They calculated the cost of human life in dollar terms, determine the cost of life, and add it as a line item to the financial statement. When the cost of that life becomes too expensive in one country, they move the operation to a place where it is not as expensive. A battle on civil matters isn’t a matter of ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. Its winner is determined by who has the larger legal expense war chest. Go to legal ‘war’ with Microsoft, Disney, or any large corporation and you can be ‘right’ without a doubt; but you run the gauntlet of the company attorneys, the local officials contributed to by the corporations, the judges with friends on the Board of Directors of the corporations. Considering that before you go in, and you won’t enter that battle. If you don’t consider it, be assured you will be enlightened by the end of your first meeting with the other side.
Are there “good works” done by lawyers? NO. They would like to say there are, but their “good works” are a function of trying to address “bad works” usually done or put in place by other lawyers. Get rid of them all and the necessity of the “good works” goes away. When they stand up to say; “somebody has to represent and protect the ‘rights’ or someone like say, Jeffrey Dahmer, what they really are doing is trying to find a law or an excuse to protect him from the consequences of his action. The civil “good works” done have eliminated many small businesses, ended the ability for a US based company to make such things like small aircraft, and closed large companies such as Monsanto. Each of us pays dearly in the cost of every product and service we buy for the “good works” done by lawyers. Lawyers have created a US population who sees two paths to a windfall; winning the lottery, and being in an accident to have a change at the ‘lawsuit lottery’. You’re children aren’t leaning anything in public schools, but they can’t play tag in some cases, because of the fear of litigation. We in LA contribute a larger percentage of our tax dollars on civil lawsuits and settlements than we do for any other government service or social program including the school system.
Is it a coincidence that the vast majority of elected officials are lawyers? If there is an international conspiracy, it’s being run by lawyers.
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