Editor's note: This is Part IV in a series.
Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. Part III can be found here.
At the heart of
the left's vision of the world is the implicit assumption that high-minded
third parties like themselves can make better decisions for other people than
those people can make for themselves.
That arbitrary
and unsubstantiated assumption underlies a wide spectrum of laws and policies
over the years, ranging from urban renewal to ObamaCare.
One of the many
international crusades by busybodies on the left is the drive to limit the
hours of work by people in other countries -- especially poorer countries -- in
businesses operated by multinational corporations. One international monitoring
group has taken on the task of making sure that people in China do not work
more than the legally prescribed 49 hours per week.
Why international
monitoring groups, led by affluent Americans or Europeans, would imagine that
they know what is best for people who are far poorer than they are, and with
far fewer options, is one of the many mysteries of the busybody elite....ToRead More....
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