Re: barbie promoted to threat

From: James (james@lab6.com)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 10:48:48 MDT

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On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 11:53:15PM -0700, Spike wrote:
> Friends, at the heart of it, this is surely why these
> people are escalating world war 4: they can't seem to
> *make* anything.
...
> Why do we have *nothing* in our homes made in Iraq?

Well, maybe not in your home, but I'm guessing you'll have some Iraqi
exports in your car soon :)

> In Iran? In any predominantly Muslim nation?

Religion and culture are surely red herrings when looking for an
explanation of varying economic output. I don't own anything made in
Africa... and what do you conclude from the ubiquity of the phrase "Made
in China"? Communism is good for increasing manufacturing output? No
offense to economists, but I think our understanding of economics is
about on par with our understanding of AI, or any other complex system.

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James <james@lab6.com> <http://james.lab6.com>

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