Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Thursday, June 03, 2010

A terrifying example


of State Communism and State Capitalism...

Worker Suicides Have Electronics Maker Uneasy in China

"A series of apparent suicides has shaken the management of Foxconn, an electronics manufacturer that builds parts and assembles products for many Silicon Valley firms. Hundreds of thousands of people live and work at a Foxconn factory complex in southern China, in what critics say are sweat-shop conditions."
...which also gives me qualms about technology choices. It appears that neither platform, PC or Mac, is exempt...


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