I understand some of Bay's points.
But when he mentioned China buying up the US-well aren't the vast majority of Transformers toys made in China? Not trying to make Bay feel bad. He's not the owner of Hasbro, and thus, doesn't make their manufacturing and marketing decisions. But he has and will continue making movies based on a cheap Chinese labor produced toyline.
Honestly, I don't have alot of sympathy for any big name star who wants to strike simply because he or she is not "making enough money". I'd be happy to make 1/10 or even 1/50 of the money they made.
I do feel for the small unknown actors though who don't get much. Are these the actors Bay is referring to who don't want the strike and will settle for the 6%?
I think many of these big shot actors who want more money should go where I went a few weeks ago. They should go to the most impoverished areas of Tijuanna and see all the piss poor Maquilladora workers living in poopy shacks in a trash-infested dump while their kids play in filthy polluted water. They want to see what it is like to not have enough money? Try living on a Maquilladora wage of $180 a month in a complete shithole where it takes at least $300 a month to live at the poverty level. And try doing that with 2-3 kids to feed on top. The people there can barely afford enough tortillas, beans, and milk for them and their families.
I just hope Bay doesn't bash the outsourcing of jobs here without looking at what U.S. economic policy is doing to others in other nations. I'm against outsourcing myself, but not just because it eliminates jobs in the U.S. Companies go to other nations, pollute the crap out of them, and exploit the people there ruthlessly.
Alot of people in the U.S., especially some politicians, love to bitch about China and badmouth it to death. They love to say how evil China is and how the nation is buying up the U.S. But you know what? A great deal of that is the U.S.'s fault. They want to exploit China's cheap labor force and have them produce tons of products for the U.S. for practically nothing. But they sure as hell don't want China to take the money it is getting from the outsource labor and make itself into a world power. Nope. The U.S. has to stay on top of everyone else and use everyone else for its own ends no matter what. Can't have those the U.S. is using rise to power and level the playing field.
The love-hate relationship some people have with China is so silly! They want to have their cake and eat it too.
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