Mises.org just published an article titled:
The Death Camp of Communist China
it begins with: A hysteria of sorts has been generated by reports that some of China's products lack quality control. Some cat food has been tainted. A few cell phone batteries have blown up. Cough syrup contained stuff that makes you sick. And so on. In response, the Chinese government actually executed its regulatory head of food and product safety, Zheng Xiaoyu.
hmmmm, a most pertinent subject matter, yes? but wait for the bait and switch
it goes on to saying: It's a scandal, in fact, that few Westerners are even aware, or, if they are aware, they are not conscious, of the bloody reality that prevailed in China between the years 1949 and 1976, the years of communist rule by Mao Zedong.
Ok... so the opening was just polemics to support the body of the work. Maybe there is merit, let's read on
Having read the above, you are now in a tiny elite of people who know anything about the greatest death camp in the history of the world that China became between 1949 and 1976, an experiment in total control unlike anything else in history. Many more people today know more about China's exploding cell-phone batteries than they do about the hundred million dead and the untold amount of suffering that occurred under communism.
therefore we arrive at the morally virtuous conclusion that: When you hear about shoddy products coming from China or wheat poorly processed, imagine millions in famine, with parents swapping children to eat in order to stay alive. And what do China's critics today recommend? More control by the government. Don't tell me that we've learned anything from history. We don't even know enough about history to learn from it.
In short, according to this article: regulation of food safety in China, or any type of quality control mandated by the Chinese government would be in essence a return to totalitarian control, and *gasp*, first step on the slippery slope back to communism!
Think of all the people that will die if the Chinese government have its way and force the food companies to adhere to food safety! Pleasssssse, save the children!!!!!~
