Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   You are equating capitalism with racism? 

> No, I think that last bit is equating capitalism with unrewarded labor of 
> poor people who don't get to participate in the capitalism they're driving. 
> Child labor, "sweatshop" labor, etc. Of course, in a lot of cases, 
> "sweatshop" labor is better than the current alternatives in that place. 
> It's just a question of whether there would be better alternatives if the 
> sweatshop type factories weren't there at all.

> It just happens that Africa has (and always had) a lot of slavery-type stuff 
> going on, regardless of economic system being used. It's not racist per se, 
> but just a fact that most of the economies where this abusive-type labor is 
> prevalent are of a different "race" than the economies that benefit (whether 
> it be in china, africa, or whatever).

  I was referring to "If they want lunch counters completely free of persons
with dark skin, then the marketplace will provide it."

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                                                          - Warp

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