China Replaced Made in England

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That $2 000 handbag with a French or Italian logo you are carrying, was made in China.

It’s pathetic. Canada is investigating China’s election interference because his master’s voice says so. There is no interference. It’s a ploy for the inevitable American invasion of China. America had foreign interference during Trump’s time, Canada must also have its own. Can Canada be original for a change?

We need to re-activate common sense. American and Canadian manufacturing and auto industry, leave these shores and go to China because of the profit motive. Wages are lower over there and the state doesn’t tolerate strikes.

We buy cheaper clothes in Toronto and Chicago because Chinese workers are under paid. You have a problem with your credit card? Someone in India or Poland picks up the phone and explains why your balance is over the limit. Out sourcing. That’s the capitalist way.

You don’t have to love China. You must let history be the guide. The fact that everything we wear and use in our computers  is from China, is not new. It used to come from Britain because of colonization. We cannot condone the British Empire, a land theft and racist legacy, but condemn China, for being a cheap alternative.

Ukraine is about capitalism, new land, new resources, millions of consumers who currently enjoy free health care and sports education. Look at tennis and gymnastics. We are not advocating a communist way of life, but saying American and Canadian troops must not die on foreign soil based on the democracy lie. Say the truth. It’s Canadian and American industries that want the new opportunities that Ukraine and China have to offer. You were retrenched because they moved jobs China.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.

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