Post #6329 by mungofitch on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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If you think about it, there is no rational reason in the long term to think that (say) an auto worker in Detroit should be able to purchase with an hour's wages something at Walmart that took someone in another country with comparable skills 8 hours to make, let alone assume that it is his/her birthright.
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I'm thinking about the birthright of Alice Walton and her siblings to collect nearly $1 billion annually in dividend income from selling crap to autoworkers who deserve less.

Kinda not the same subject, though, right?

Unless your thinking was this: Because A is seen (by you) to be taking advantage of B, then B certainly deserves the right (not just opportunity) to take advantage of C.
In this case A being Ms Walton, B being overpaid manual workers in rich countries, and C being underpaid workers in sweat shops.
All three being, well, people.

Jim

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