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Re: LEGO moving production; will we keep buying?
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Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:22:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dustin Jones wrote:
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> But China - not a chance. That's the day that I will stop considering LEGO as
> European.
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> I've always read that most of TLG's production is automated, so I just can't
> understand how moving to a lower-cost labor market makes sense? And, won't
> transportation costs increase because production is farther from its primary
> markets (NA and Europe)?
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> I wonder that if this moves comes about, will we have two periods of LEGO;
> Before China and After China? I know that I will only purchase Before China
> LEGO bricks.
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Here's my humble POV--
We can talk of rights of workers and such, and we can discuss environmental
impacts and how bad 'those countries' are for everyone...
My problem is that we, at least in North America/Europe, did the same thing back
during the 'industrial revolution'--huge pollution that we're still, to this
day, trying to clean up, and let's not forget that Oliver Twist is a commentary
on our history of 'slave workers', most of whom were kids.
So for us to state that 'well, we're not going to buy goods from China 'cause of
their poor working conditions and bad environmental impacts' is, in my mind,
pretty much hypocritical.
For myself, I see the potential, since the world is 'much smaller' than it used
to be, due to mass media, the internets, and other avenues of disceminating
information, that the workers in China will start demanding better conditions
and more money when they see their counterparts in other countries having more
and doing more.
It's what happened before in 'our countries', and I think it will more than
likely happen there. You can only supress people for so long before they rise
up and shake off the shackles of 'slavery'. As well, you can only 'rape the
resources' of the planet for so long before the negative impact of environmental
condiditions far outweigh the positive.
Sure it would be great if China 'heeded the lessons' of what we went thru. But
you can't force them--forcing anything on anyone is equally as bad.
All this is not to say that you shouldn't boycott the product(s) made in China.
On the contrary, if you do, that's your personal way pf protest and I hope the
message gets thru to those that can affect change. I'll support your boycott of
the bricks made in China. Don't know whether I'll boycott myself, but I do
think it's a good message you're sending, both for China and TLC.
Dave K
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| One of the main reasons I have always been enamored with LEGO bricks is that they are European. I've always been fascinated with being able to build with bricks crafted in Denmark and Switzerland. I can handle production moving to the Czech (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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