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8 Amazing Videos of Third World Construction Techniques

February 6, 2011 By John P. 3 Comments

Third World Construction Techniques

News flash: labor in the thirld world is cheap. And when I say cheap I mean it’s more economical to employ hundreds of people to move bricks, sand and cement than it is to buy one piece of heavy machinery to do the job.

Clearly they don’t have to worry about OSHA requirements over there, or any of that meddlesome workman’s compensation or other actual safety rules. After all, safety is for wussies!
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Diamonds: African Peasants to Christmas Presents

December 14, 2006 By John P. 1 Comment

Foreign Policy magazine has an excellent photo essay entitled Trail of Diamonds by photographer Kadir Van Lohuizen which follows the life of a diamond from the mines in Africa where people work 12 hours shifts a day in return for meals (no pay) to the sweat shops in India that control 70% of the world’s diamond cutting, to the jewelry store where we buy them.
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