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Originally Posted by ETS  It isn't really the western culture. It's what they make, for example, a commodity such as tea doesn't make a lot of money compared to the manufactured goods such as computers. Let's say if tea prices slashed by half and computer prices slashed by half. You would probably rather get the computer than the tea. Tea can be replaced with any agricultural product and you can replace the manufactured goods with any manufactured good and you will probably see the same result. |
Exactly how do you think these things are made? Do you think PC's spring from the ground?
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precisely our culture (and the requisite political environment) which fosters the invention of PC's, etc. If your people prefer manufactured goods, start a manufacturing enterprise, and supply them. This seems self-evident to one who is brought up under the American (and some others') culture.