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Hamlet Chicken Processing Plant Fire
Sep. 3rd, 2011 02:44 am"The Hamlet chicken processing plant fire was an industrial fire in Hamlet, North Carolina, at the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant on September 3, 1991, due to a failure in a hydraulic line. Twenty-five were killed and 54 injured in the fire, trapped behind locked fire doors. In 11 years of operation, the plant had never received a safety inspection. Investigators believe a safety inspection might have prevented the disaster." via Wikipedia
~This example shows how Capitalism brings out the worst in human nature and ultimately sows the seeds of its own destruction.
An employer like Imperial Foods can drive out its competitors by ruthlessly undercutting them by exploiting workers in poor communities. This brings to mind Gwendally's statement about workers “not producing goods and services that are worth $10/hour to an employer.” That it is a true statement does not mitigate its basic amorality. But Capitalism places Ms Dally – and all other employers – in a situation where they must be amoral in order to survive economically.
For those who advocate Communism, all forms that I have ever seen are simply State Capitalism and only distinguished by operating more on Ideological Imperatives than on purely Economic ones. But both are amoral systems and in the end both destroy human beings with equal indifference. Capitalism is merely more effective in its methods of exploitation.
~This example shows how Capitalism brings out the worst in human nature and ultimately sows the seeds of its own destruction.
An employer like Imperial Foods can drive out its competitors by ruthlessly undercutting them by exploiting workers in poor communities. This brings to mind Gwendally's statement about workers “not producing goods and services that are worth $10/hour to an employer.” That it is a true statement does not mitigate its basic amorality. But Capitalism places Ms Dally – and all other employers – in a situation where they must be amoral in order to survive economically.
For those who advocate Communism, all forms that I have ever seen are simply State Capitalism and only distinguished by operating more on Ideological Imperatives than on purely Economic ones. But both are amoral systems and in the end both destroy human beings with equal indifference. Capitalism is merely more effective in its methods of exploitation.
