tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post4277395383480582798..comments2009-05-11T13:01:18.589-05:00Comments on The Secret of Cool: Privatization is CoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-69741015227574618532009-04-19T20:41:00.000-05:002009-04-19T20:41:00.000-05:00You’re right about how corporations and CEOs have ...You’re right about how corporations and CEOs have been targeted as malevolent entities to which nothing is sacred, but I think RoboCop was just as much about ethical standards within which corporations operate. Your example of developing nations is a perfect example of what some would call a necessity, but others argue not that investment in small countries is *not* a necessity, but that ethical considerations when investing in developing countries are.<br /><br />For instance, earning a dollar a day in a certain society may be a fair job (it almost always keeps the family in poverty, though, but let's assume otherwise for a moment), but the facilities in which men, women, and children work are not up to any sort of standard. They should be afforded some sort of workers' rights, rather than to take a job at the cost of sacrificing all of their rights as human beings.<br /><br />Stating that "everyone's got to start somewhere," and comparing developing countries to the United States circa 1900 doesn't strengthen the argument for globalization and privatization. It ignores the gains made in social and corporate philosophy since then, and excludes them from implementation. There has to be some sort of national consciousness for a movement to happen; corporations go to places that don't have this national consciousness of oppression and suppression in working conditions because they are impoverished and need the money at any cost to their health and well-being. By going to these places, corporations take advantage of the situation and enforce awful working conditions that were all the rage over a hundred years ago. There's something inherently wrong with doing these types of things in developing countries, and kind of points to a contradictory motivation than that of which you give them - that good business means exploitation, not constructive globalization.<br /><br />I'm not trying to be subversive to your argument, and I don't mean to sound like an economist. I most certainly am not. But it surprised me to see so many of your entries talk about human rights in the U.S. and then mention those of people in other countries so off-handedly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331961951316180787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-55279796799053357272009-04-14T15:30:00.000-05:002009-04-14T15:30:00.000-05:00I guess privatization gives us cool, new things an...I guess privatization gives us cool, new things and access to cool people so Robocop is cool for fighting immorality but uncool for fighting privatization.Brittneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829678157302739029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-67987365612371722702009-04-14T12:31:00.000-05:002009-04-14T12:31:00.000-05:00I don't know that privatization is really cool, ju...I don't know that privatization is really cool, just efficient. I don't see Robocop as cool because he isn't human so all the normal "badass" characteristics that apply to all the other characters don't apply to him.Brittneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829678157302739029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-11908680876072054182009-04-10T15:16:00.000-05:002009-04-10T15:16:00.000-05:00If privatization is so cool, does that make Roboco...If privatization is so cool, does that make Robocop cool for being made privatization or uncool for fighting privatization?fjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827891221669580321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3439172438538785343.post-90335491670114000292009-04-10T15:13:00.000-05:002009-04-10T15:13:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.fjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827891221669580321noreply@blogger.com