Re: Dumping.
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We are now in agreement that any activity that a group or organization engages in that reduces the standard of living of the working class is immoral?
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Is this some kind of reverse straw man? Where did I say anything about the working class or morality?
The only relevance I can see, is that morality, or arguments or concepts of morality are an important form of social power.
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Walmart doesnt cause low wages, it is the effect of a weak economic situation that walmart is able to get labour at $7/hr.
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I dont know how weak the economic situation is. Those that own the majority of real wealth have been getting much richer in relation to those that own very little. If the pie is getting bigger why are so many in massive debt? It would seem that those at the top of the system have been able to stuff their pockets whilst those below them seem to be approaching a situation of massive negative wealth (debt). If you are in the top 1% the economic situation is far from "weak."
The ability to get rich whilst forcing your employees into accepting worse and worse conditions seem to suggest that those at the top of the system are gaining in social power as those below them weaken in social power.
The trend upwards in social power of the top echelons corresponds with a weakening of all the forms of social power you mention: Unions, socialised health care/education etc. Coincidence? of course not.
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