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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you like Communism, OP?[/quote]

I don't, I migrated to the US 40 years ago to escape communism.  But is "our way or the highway" political perspective the right approach?  Are we as Americans so enlightened that we need to "teach" China the right way to deal about human rights and the climate?  Do we think our experience with slavery, and child labor and pollution during the industrial revolution  put it in the position to preach to other countries?  [/quote]

Wherever we started, we must still move forward.  Holding all nations to the same standards on human rights is perfectly reasonable.  No one is entitled to their era of genocide, slavery or colonialism no matter what happened in the past.  Oppressed people have rights, and calls for those rights are legitimate on that basis alone, not because of the moral authority of nations.  Other nations should feel free to turn the spotlight back on us where we are lacking.

Holding all developed nations to the same standards for climate is also reasonable.   Emissions are a function of technology.  China and other nations have the same access to this technology. They should be held, on a per capita basis, to the same standards.

The same is true for child labor.  Chinese no longer face extreme poverty, as defined by the World Bank.  Child labor is reasonable among people experiencing extreme poverty, but they no longer qualify.  Furthermore, China has access to competitive manufacturing technologies, so it does not need to use child labor to produce products at market competitive prices.  [/quote]

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