But that free international market argument applies to all (well, most of all…) countries, which is exactly my point. Modern China is as exploitative as any other highly developed modern country, independent of economic system.
Looking at the top 3 exports of China (by a wide margin before anything else):
Electrical, electronic equipment $1016.58B
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers $603.82B
Vehicles other than railway, tramway $248.31B
That’s all high price stuff.
Combined with its huge trade surplus, this is a classical “Buy cheap resources - sell expensive highly processed commodities back” scheme, the same as e.g. the uprising European industrializing nations employed as a strategy during their colony exploiting times (and to some degree still do in a similar fashion as China).
No, there is nothing equal here.
Der Schatz im Silbersee
Why didn’t I know that there exists a Karl May computer game?
And it even seems to be still available as some grey-area abandanware download… :-D
China isn’t exploiting anyone.
Total Imports 2025 EU / China:
Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products $467.75B / $442.95B
Plastics $68.38B / $56.48B
Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins $56.12B / $118.02B
Articles of apparel, knit or crocheted $53.13B / $3.74B
Articles of apparel, not knit or crocheted $48.56B / $5.79B
Iron and steel $44.08B / $30.86B
Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons $31.17B / $20.69B
Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates $29.23B / $19.93B
Rubbers $26.46B / $20.57B
Footwear, gaiters and the like $26.30B / $5.70B
Copper $18.63B / $74.63B
Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits $18.63B / $57.02B
Pulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste $11.87B / $21.98B
So, looking at the absolute numbers, China is eploiting the world’s resources in a similar fashion as the old style European Union, so I have to disagree.
I won’t comment on the content of your provided reports and youtube videos (of which at least two look a little… juicy… at first glance), as me just providing you with a bunch of counter-reports and videos, whose reliability you would question in a similar way as I am questioning yours, won’t change anything.
That’s why I wrote “if done right”.
A truly social market economy also has to make sure that workers along the whole supply chain have to get similar rights and treatment as local workers.
Besides that, centrally planned economies (being the opposite to plain free market capitalism), also don’t really shy away from exploiting the resources of poorer countries.
(Looking e.g. at imperialistic China here).
Ich hab’s immer gewusst!
Von Karpfen in Bierteig zu Kalbschnitzel in Panade ist halt echt nur ein kleiner Schritt!
;-)
Even more benefit from a social market economy, which might be an optimal sweet spot if done right.
I’m from Germany, here this group is represented primarily by the BMW 5-series drivers.
Neither Diesel Pickups nor Harleys are culturally a big thing here.
But speaking for the US you are probably right :-)
It’s not about logic and reason, though.
That’s exactly the point about those exhaust-sniffing, roaring-gasoline-engine-idolizing guys (and also about Trump).
So they are basically saying he is intellectually on a similar level and shares the same views as the BMW driving, lower secondary school graduates with cringe anti-BEV bumper stickers that you can occasionally see while traveling through the rural outbacks?
That’s shocking and totally unexpected!
/s
I just stumbled upon an article on a German IT news website mentioning that you have to pay to be able to set (a still very limited number of) hyperlinks in your posts.
But I couldn’t find any other sources mention it, except some dated articles referring field testing of such a restriction on Facebook.
Has anyone some info on this or even firsthand experience as a Facebook or Instagram user?
What do Americans gain by changing the name of Lake Ontario?
International ridicule.
But e.g. was still the main means of communication between my doctor’s office and the physio therapists I had to go to a few months back… But you are right, it’s use is finally diminishing!
Excuse me, I am currently in Germany.
So could you please resend your post to me via Telefax?
Es sind schwere Vorwürfe, die Reinigungskräfte bei Report Mainz erheben. Sie schildern, in Sanifair-Toilettenanlagen täglich zwölf Stunden arbeiten zu müssen. Sieben Tage die Woche. Dafür erhielten sie einen Stundenlohn von rund fünf Euro.
Ich war lange Zeit überzeugt, dass solche Aktionen nicht hilfreich sind, weil sie eventuelle Opfer-Narrative verstärken könnte.
Inzwischen bin ich aber eher der Meinung, dass es eine gute Idee ist, den AfD-Symphatisanten zu zeigen, dass die Meinungen in der realen Welt sich doch noch von denen in ihrer Bubble unterscheiden und das sie nicht für ein Rest-“Volk” sprechen, das still auf ihrer Seite ist.
Da ist so ein Statement in der realen Welt, wie ich es eben entdeckt habe, ein guter Ansatz.
Anyone has an idea how much is still missing to be feature- and gameplay-wise comparable to the original?
The screenshots of the game don’t look bad.
Certainly worth a try!