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Originally Posted by Tomash
@SilverTurtle: there are countries beside USA where citizens and employees are treated good. Hell, in some of them even better than in the US. Will you ditch american cars after I give you some examples?
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Originally Posted by Scotsman
Possibly. Holla!!!
I know in Germany (or at least it comes off this way) auto assembly line workers are treated quite well and given consideration as far as their benefits, etc. Then again you could say that for almost any European country since their goverment is so incredibly different from ours.
Truth is this is still speculative, and you guys may see it as so wrong (which to an extent it is) but you really need to study and know the Japanese culture before you make such harsh judgments. Not only that, but don't forget GM, Ford and Chrysler are no saints either in regards to assembly line worker treatment. Something is definitely wrong when the CEO of the company you're contracted to work for is taking more money home when the company he's running is losing money.
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Originally Posted by Tomash
I think it's more about seriously studying the given case(s) without too powerful generalisation / creating stereotypes. Generalisation understood in this way is bad, mmm'kay? 
That's the part of SilverTurtle's post that triggered my reaction. I don't think statements like "US car companies are good to their employees and freedom, in other countries the car companies are bad and run sweatshops" can be even considered remotely true. |
you have both missed the point of my post, probably because you are not as well educated on this topic as you think you are.
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Originally Posted by DGthe3
I think that part of his problem is that Mitsubishi built fighters for the Japanese, Porsche built tanks and trucks for the Germans (so did every other German make -including Opel who is now owned by GM), Hitler help style the VW Beetle, Fiat built fighters for the Italians and the list goes on. The North American auto makers made tanks, trucks and jeeps (most jeeps were made by Ford), Rolls Royce made engines for aircraft (still do), and the list goes on for the allies too. But the allies were the good guys.
But thats only part of what he said. I will let him go on about the rest.
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and you have nailed it right on the head, giving me faith that people actually do know the past and might actually be learning from it.