Reply #9: Look, I'm sorry that facts don't agree with you, [View All]

[MadHound]

But Japan did import it's factory and manufacturing models directly from the US. During the period from 1900 throughout the interwar period, Japan imported these technologies and methods from the US. As part of the Japanese rebuilding process, the US exported these technologies, management techniques, and above all, attitudes directly to Japan in order to return them to economic stability ASAP. These are historical realities, and if you don't believe me, well then, there are plenty of books documenting what I'm saying here.

Don't believe me? Go to your nearest Kinko's('scuse me, now FedEx office). Note the fact that there is absolutely no chairs behind the counter where the work is going on. Those folks stay on their feet for eight hours at a stretch, except for their meal break. I know, I worked there for a few years.

Or go to your nearest factory, go out on the work floor. Notice that there are no chairs there. Notice that the people are moving at a fairly fast clip, oh, wait, they're moving faster now, the line's been sped up. Factories slowly kill people, go look up the health stats.

And where do you think this whole "walk at a certain pace" came from? Oh, yeah, those darn time-motion studies that were so popular up until the mid-sixties. What, you don't think that we exported those to Japan too? Puhleeze Vulcan:eyes:

Look, you may not agree with these facts, but facts they remain, ones that can be read in many a history book. Sorry if this somehow bums you out, but oh well, facts can do that sometimes.