Paradise Stolen - The Myth of Efficiencyselfnews Post Part 2, below, suggests that the innate practicality of small, sustainable communities is a solution to the massive mismanagement by a government dedicated solely to a megacorporate/banker/war economy. Our modern economic system is actually not one built upon efficiency, as it is often believed to be; it is a system of massive inefficiency and predation, which has directly resulted in the bankrupt and war-ravaged world we see around us. Visit ChinaStrategies.com Get Stefans book The Art of Urban Survival GREAT VIDEO!!! As far as I am concerned, youre absolutely right, but I have a bad feeling most of the citizens in our nation have ALLOWED themselves to be compromised so much by the liars and thieves that when faced with facts such as these it makes their mind freeze up. You get the deer in the headlights look. It doesnt make sense to them. Logic and reason are a problem, but drama and very emotional sensationalism is more effective. They completely understand that, and are led by it. Thats why we have so many liars thieves and con men at the top convincing the ignorant people that this system they created, ( which is just designed to fill THEIR pockets) is a good one. I hope you make more videos like this. I may get upset and angry with the ignorance of my fellow man but I still have hope. Dont give up. Perseverance. Im sorry but you cant criticise exploitation in China unless you can tell me an alternative. What would these people do if they didnt have the factory jobs? They werent forced there at gunpoint, they CHOOSE them. And the suicide rate in those factories is actually pretty low (especially considering the number of young men). Exploitation is a meaningless term. Yes it costs money to ship things, but not as much as the value of American labour minus the value of Chinese labour, both measured in the minimum acceptable wages. This is not to say the present system is efficient, it has FAR too many market distortions, starting with the government management of timber resources. But to restrict trade doesnt make the economy more efficient. 