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Originally Posted by BretMan
...One thing I found strange was the photo in the book of the poor Java villagers, sitting on the dirt floor of their grass hut, hulling kapok pods by hand. Hard to imagine a time when this would be considered a selling point for any product.
It's kind of like Nike taking out an ad playing up the fact that their shoes are proudly produced by under-age workers in a dreary Malaysian sweatshop....
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It is amazing how what is acceptable regarding such things has changed in our society in 70 years! The USA of the 1930's was very inward focused.