# Why I as an American support revolt in China

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**Created:** [June 21, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-as-an-american-support-revolt-in-china/586353 "2011-06-21T23:13:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-as-an-american-support-revolt-in-china/586353/1 "2011-06-21T23:13:15Z")

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We have a lot of companies who have sent our manufacturing and production jobs overseas to China, because they are happy to work for pennies a day, while the Corporate execs rake in big paychecks and and expand the divide between rich and poor. Corporate execs’ pay has gone up 400% since 1970 (Source: MSNBC). If a large-scale war broke out that consumed all of China, it would suddenly become too costly and dangerous to not ship our jobs back to the US, where they belong. There’s a lot of jobs in China, and there’s a lot of unemployed people here. Do the math.

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