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- From: mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike Polen)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment,talk.politics.misc,alt.activism
- Subject: Re: Idiotic Japan Bashing
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 20:16:08 GMT
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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- John McCarthy) writes:
- |> Mike Polen says:
- |>
- |> Japan is a highly nationalistic company. Corporations and
- |> the government work hand in hand. Unlike the US, you can
- |> not draw a distinctions between the two. If a company or an
- |> industry wants the government to support their plans against
- |> outsiders, they've got it.
- |>
- |> This seems exaggerated to me. Japanese companies compete with
- |> each other, sometimes in the face of more intrusive regulation
- |> than in the U.S. If the U.S. copies this mythical Japan, we are
- |> in real trouble.
-
- Try the following example. In Japan, Honda and Nissan can join forces
- in manufacturing, development, etc. and they can do it with government
- support and funding. In the US, GM and Chrysler can not build a joint
- plant but GM and Toyota can.
-
- We are already in trouble.
-
- --
- These opinions are usually my own, sometimes my dog's,
- occasionaly my (grown) children's, never my employer's.
-