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Pretty shocking realism....


The big take away is obvious if you've heard any news reports over the past 20 years. Yeah, Chinese employment practices are much like those in the west.....back when the industrial revolution was going, to the early 1900s. Maximum profit over the care/health of their employees.

But hearing the Chinese flat out insult Americans, when they knew they were being recorded, is eye opening. They call us lazy and uninspired because we wont work 28 days a week, or 12 hour shifts. I'm not the biggest union guy, but it was sad to see how many got fired for standing up to the demands.

You think the Chinese would have looked at how Japanese businesses fared when they were doing the same thing in the 80s and 90s.

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In the end, even the loyal Chinese employees were being replaced with automation. So looking ahead, robots will be making glass windshields for self-driving vehicles which no one will buy because they will have no income. Nice plan humans.

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The masses waste resources.

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