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- From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
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- Subject: Re: America Doesn't have a Clue (was Say Yes to Japan)
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 19:05:14 GMT
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- In article <thomasd.43.724959919@tps.COM>, thomasd@tps.COM
- (Thomas W. Day) writes:
-
- <stuff omitted>
-
- => This seems to depend heavily on the "truth and justice will win out"
- => theory. Their "hiring and firing practices" could also be a great source of
- => strength. They don't have to deal with multicultural differences,
- => multilingual language barriers, or minority discrimination problems. They
- => can concentrate on the goal: world manufacturing and economic dominance.
-
- Japanese business is aggressive and effective, it's true.
- However, the goals as stated above are not their goals
- in any more of a sense than they are the goals of the US.
- The goals of Japanese business and their partnership
- with government and each other is to establish these
- economic targets as a means of securing their national
- defense. When there are few other options available to
- them in the 'traditional' sense of establishing a
- national defense policy, and an autonomous sphere of
- influence even within their own geographical area, then
- I don't see their view can be considered a fault any
- more than we would consider the military actions and
- political moves the US has made in the last 50 years
- to be totally immoral or unfair.
-
- It's the same attitude in a different domain, and the
- only domain in which the world at large would allow them to
- play in. That they have done well at it without effective
- political or military influence is a testimony to their
- efforts. Had we put the same energy in to the same sorts
- of endeavor as they, instead of into the military and political
- spheres, it might be a different story in the economic arena.
-
- But... weeze paid our money and mades our choices.
-
- - Bill Lambert
-