>> ^RedSky:
Yes, because China before 1979 and Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms and trade liberalisation was far better off as a whole than it is now.


Yes, because criticizing the fact that the only way most people can live beneath the capitalist rubric is to work like dogs, to produce worthless shit, so that a minority of people can grow filthy rich.

Heaven forbid anybody point that out, or criticize it.

Sorry I bad-mouthed your god, capitalism, which is what it is to you people.

You have come to worship a lifeless system as if it were a deity.

>> ^mentality:
>> ^rougy:
The special irony about this film is the stark contrast revolving around the beads themselves.
On the production side, in China, the people are busting their butts to meet quota and quality expectations. They are punished with wage cuts if they fail to make enough beads in a day, or if the beads aren't up to standard. They are confined to a compound and allowed to leave about once a week, if they're lucky. If they're lucky, they make $75 a month.
Contrast that with the Mardi Gras crowd. Each float in each parade throws out a minimum of $500 of beads to the crowd. Most of those beads are thrown away after the party as if they were trash.
There is no clearer example of how the third world suffers in order to maintain the first worlds decadent lifestyle.

This reminds me of reading about new immigrants coming to American in the early 20th century, looking for employment. Many would end up in cities like New York working for 16+ hours a day, 7 days a week, for pennies a day. And from this adversity there were some amazing success stories, embodiments of the American Dream. Criticize globalization all you want, but having the opportunity to work for a living is infinitely better than having no opportunity at all and starving.


Slave labor! It works!

Thanks for the promote!

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*promote

>> ^rougy:
The special irony about this film is the stark contrast revolving around the beads themselves.
On the production side, in China, the people are busting their butts to meet quota and quality expectations. They are punished with wage cuts if they fail to make enough beads in a day, or if the beads aren't up to standard. They are confined to a compound and allowed to leave about once a week, if they're lucky. If they're lucky, they make $75 a month.
Contrast that with the Mardi Gras crowd. Each float in each parade throws out a minimum of $500 of beads to the crowd. Most of those beads are thrown away after the party as if they were trash.
There is no clearer example of how the third world suffers in order to maintain the first worlds decadent lifestyle.


This reminds me of reading about new immigrants coming to American in the early 20th century, looking for employment. Many would end up in cities like New York working for 16+ hours a day, 7 days a week, for pennies a day. And from this adversity there were some amazing success stories, embodiments of the American Dream. Criticize globalization all you want, but having the opportunity to work for a living is infinitely better than having no opportunity at all and starving.

I was in Harris County jail in Houston-$5600 in fines commuted to zero for time served...Sat.3pm to Wed.10am

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So best I can figure is you've either been at CPAC in DC, or in jail. Not sure which is worse, but if it's the latter- good for you for stretching out Mardi Gras so far! Either way, you were missed.

If you can, send me your booking photo, I need a new avatar.

therealblankman@hotmail.com

The special irony about this film is the stark contrast revolving around the beads themselves.

On the production side, in China, the people are busting their butts to meet quota and quality expectations. They are punished with wage cuts if they fail to make enough beads in a day, or if the beads aren't up to standard. They are confined to a compound and allowed to leave about once a week, if they're lucky. If they're lucky, they make $75 a month.

Contrast that with the Mardi Gras crowd. Each float in each parade throws out a minimum of $500 of beads to the crowd. Most of those beads are thrown away after the party as if they were trash.

There is no clearer example of how the third world suffers in order to maintain the first worlds decadent lifestyle.

Full documentary:
http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/568/Mardi-Gras---Made-in-China

Perhaps someone with greater higher sift status can embed it.

The 17th is Ash Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras.

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>> ^spoco2:
Is it just me, or did anyone else go 'huh, what the hell is that supposed to be?' I could see breasts and some dark patches, and that was it thanks to the terrible quality of this video.
No vote for complete 'wah?'



Yes yes y'all! I was all "what is that? Chocolate pudding? Pepperoni slices??"

Finally I gave up and I was all "OK, whatever it is, it's something that bewbs-seeking men do not want to see. Funny enough". Then a buddy said, dude, it's supposed to be hair.

OHHH.

>> ^ReverendTed:
If you're too old to look at boobs, it's time to put you on an iceberg and push you out to sea, because there's nothing left for you in this world.



And when there are no more icebergs??

amen Reverend.

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If you're too old to look at boobs, it's time to put you on an iceberg and push you out to sea, because there's nothing left for you in this world.

.. Go on.

>> ^peggedbea:
lets talk about all the wierd breast things i saw during my days in the mammo department

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Some people just have to ruin a good thing for others.

The girls might not be good looking sometimes, but the beer goggles make you too drunk to notice, or even care if you do notice! Then this one comes along to shatter the illusion for good

This is the Mardi-Gras equivalent of movie spoiler...