Originally posted by SEAJ at 10-8-2011 13:41
My brother was running a steel factory in Jakarta, Indonesia during the 1998 Race riots against the Chinese. Well, instead of depending only on armed guards, my brother was actually being protected by his workers led by the watchmen (Errr… no, we didn’t have any armed guards!) Even had a convoy safeguarding him and his family to a “safe” hotel and eventually to the airport; Yup, they jumped on their motorcycles and various jalopies and actually formed a convoy to escort him and his family out. And the reason for all that kindness?? The employees appreciated how we treated them, paid them/gave benefits better than most others and they wanted the steel mill to survive to allow them to just go back to their old jobs. THAT … is what being a benevolent capitalist – especially in place where the Ginni coefficient is out of whack – can do for the “Masters of the Universe.”
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Your brother is a good man.
I knew a guy who was a good man too. But unfortunately, he wasn't rich and well-off as your brother & family. He ran asmall shop, lived on top of it with his family and had 4 or 5 workers helping out. Wasn't rolling in the dough but making just enough to put his kids through school, pay the bills and his workers a fair wage. Well, 1998 rolled around, he didn't have the money to put his family on a plane, his workers ran away when the thugs and looters came and burnt his shop and home and the neighborhood... in the confusion his younger sister got separated when they were fleeing and was gang raped in the streets... she later hung herself...she was only 17. He was crying when he recounted this... some of the looters were locals and customers that he thought were friends... He never went back....
there is never any justification for anarchy. |
