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Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:00:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Main wrote:
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I feel let down too. I don’t want to buy the Lego “brand” by buying bricks
actually made by some other company - really, what would be the difference
between that and buying any other clone brand?
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The difference, of course, is that the facade of brand-purism would be torn
down, and fans would finally have to determine whether they’re purists because
it’s LEGO or because it’s made in Enfield. There may be a legitimate issue of
quality involved; if the new made-in-China bricks happen to be of lesser
quality, then purists may contend that there really is no difference between
LEGO and a clone. But if there’s no resulting differnce in quality, then the
notion of brand-purism becomes all the sillier.
Heck, aside from the brand name and the place of manufacture, there’s very
little difference between LEGO and some clones as it is!
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I am sad that Lego is phasing out manufacutring and outsourcing more and
more. I hate the idea of poor people living in sub-standard conditions making
a product for the wealthy living in luxury.
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Isn’t TLG a privately-held company? If so, then what can be the possible
motivation for this move, other than greed? It’s not like they have to bow to
the wishes of their million public shareholders, after all!
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I think we tried that experiment
before and it was called slavery then.
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Well, that might be expanding the argument beyond the current job-cuts, but if
you want to argue that wage-slavery is not, at its root, fundamentally different
from actual slavery, I’m happy to hear your argument (though some here might
accuse you of inciting class warfare).
Dave!
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| (...) I wouldn't call the comment stupid. I think it comes from a fan who feels let down and now questions his support of the company that made the decision that led to his disappontment. I feel let down too. I don't want to buy the Lego "brand" by (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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