what a story ! after two decades of ever larger hords of migrants coastal boom cities in china this year are finding they don't seem to have enough country rubes to kick around anymore ===================== why? cause besides the generally appauling rip offs awaiting the migrants both on the job and off staying down on the farm for the moment looks better then hittin' the road to the coast ========================= for rural inland migrants when its spring time for the past twenty years or so its been time to think about going for temp work in one of china's urban hot spots they pretty well already know whats waiting for them its been like this for years only its been getting worse the last few... " you work hard buster and we exploit hard thats the deal around here " " be sharp be fast and give me lots of extra hours then maybe we pay you what we promise..." " too expensive to flop here between shifts? this room a a shake down ? this meal a rip off this government office asleep ? sure comrade ass hole what you expect this not red china this new china " ------------------------------- and just when the coast jobs seemed nothing but worse and worse don't farm prices rise a bit and home plots at least for the moment start looking like a better place to sweat so suddenly lots of could be should be job migrants instead of heading as usual for the coast stayed home for the cookin and the lovin and oh the cash crops growin on their very own plots ==================== marx called land in household hands like this an umbilical cord to mother nature an umbilical cord capitalism must slice off massive landlessness is an essential long run condition of capitalism --------------------------------------- these spontaneous returns to the household plots are a sign something must change it'll be either plan A CHANGE or plan B CHANGE one or a mix of both must follow under plan a migrant wages corrected for off shift living costs and on job work conditions will improve in coastal china to increase the hickster lure under plan b the familly plots cash producing potential piece by piece will be sqeezed down to nothing plan a requires a major course correction among chinas entrepreneurs all plan b requires are some belowest farm prices possible and or some wild rent/lease price surges don't bet on the hundreds of millions of hoaky ruby good guys getting mostly plan a no bet instead mostly the river of country living will be lowered cause raising the urban bridge puts the burmese torture boot on the wrong foot -------------------------- details aside the "system" planners will probably up the imports of cereals crash crop prices start a default run land holding consolidation in the countryside.... soon enough as leases rise and debt payments choke hared and harder the migrants will start flocking on back to the coast for a nice seasonal plucking shit sailors wasn't this done repeatedly in korea and taiwan didn't "the system" step by step plot strip the needed wagery herds folks count on this them chinky tops will find the fastest bestest way to shoot those sorry bastards right back to the coast where they belong " gotta keep wages on the floor right comrade thats whats best and brightest if we party people want china to make fast progress climbing the western mountains " =====================Posted by pinky at August 15, 2004 02:42 PM
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