CA> It seems industrialized nations have taken advantage of other nations
CA> and obtained natural resources for much less than they were worth for
CA> quite some time.

 "Taken advantage of other nations"?

 If they (we) "obtained natural resources for much
less than they were worth", isn't that because they
were sold for much less than they were worth? If
they WERE sold for less than they're worth, isn't
that the fault of the seller?

CA>  Not just the USA but all industrialized nations.  I
CA> would, of course, prefer that everything I had to buy was as cheap as
CA> possible but OTOH I don't like thinking that other peoples must suffer
CA> to make that possible.

 How do you figure that "other peoples must suffer
to make that possible"?

CA> Business never has a sense of when enough is
CA> enough and will pay pennies for what they sell for hundreds of
CA> dollars with no second thoughts.

 Isn't this the way with everything? What something
is worth is dependent upon what the buyer will pay
and what the seller will take - nothing more. Why
would they have "second thoughts"?

 TTYL.

 Robert

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