Chapter 35 Countless "Government Depression" Phenomena

Okay, now let's turn the topic to fake origin.In the past, many Japanese consumers only recognized purely domestic products, but now, this phenomenon has disappeared. The shirt I am wearing now is nominally made in China, but if you look closely, you will find that the fabric for the shirt is made in Turkey, the buttons are made in the Philippines, the thread is made in Egypt, and China has only done sewing. That's all.This example clearly shows that it is no longer possible to have purely domestic products in today's globalized world. The same is true in terms of food. The idea that "purely domestic food is delicious, healthy and safe" is a big misunderstanding among consumers.If the problem of food origin is not solved, this misunderstanding of consumers cannot be changed.At a time when the average age of Japanese farmers is approaching 60, the government must fundamentally find a solution.For example, it is necessary to send BSE virus inspectors to the United States and Australia, and to provide China and other food supplying countries with the same pesticides and production methods as those used in Japan. These are all necessary.In the future, there will be no concept of import, but supervision and management will be carried out at various production points in the world. That is to say, the issue of food and aquatic products will no longer be to set up a "consumer office", but to set up a "global food distribution department". hall".

If the prejudices of the people are not eliminated first, the food problem will not be improved in the slightest.In other words, the "decline of IQ" of the people has contributed to and shielded the "government depression". Sometimes when I think about it, I really feel that consumers in the past were much wiser than consumers today.For example, in the 1960s in the United States, people realized that bicycle manufacturers did not pay enough attention to safety, which aroused heated discussions among people.In addition, in Japan in the 1970s, a consumer association was established, and housewives united to report illegal activities of businesses.

Of course, when doing these things, consumers need to know some professional knowledge about the product, but today's consumers cannot warn producers by knowing the relevant knowledge of the product.Compared with the 1970s, the work of collecting intelligence and clues is much easier, not to mention the Internet age. Consumers only have relationships with merchants when they "buy" products, and once they know which merchants have "problems", all consumers can do is "not buy".Today's consumers only focus on the logo on the product, so as long as the merchant raises the price, the consumer will have to pay more and will not make other choices.

What's the point of that? Following the problem of food fraud, the following is the fraud of recycled paper.The so-called environmentally friendly recycled paper sold by large paper companies for many years is actually fake.Recycled paper is labeled as "green label" because it is not harmful to the environment, but this environmental label is in vain.Eco-labels are now also meaningless.The reason is that the threshold for obtaining this environmental label is too high, which led to the occurrence of counterfeiting. However, this is different from food.Even if it cannot be called recycled paper, it is still paper and will not cause direct harm to anyone. Whether it is recycled paper or not, people who use it will have no loss.But due to "no counterfeiting" regulations, all the paper sold in major shops and supermarkets is recycled, what a waste!Although it is illegal for merchants to deceive consumers, the revelation of this incident was at the cost of wasting resources.

Although this kind of thing abounds, and it is impossible to talk about it for three days and three nights, among the "government depression" incidents that can bring people suspense, the issue of the manufacturing industry in 2009 is probably the most concerned.Because in this year, the government revised the relevant regulations, stipulating that "the same treatment as regular employees should be given". What are the consequences? This has increased the company's personnel costs by about 30%, which will undoubtedly increase the burden on companies seeking to cut expenses.Enterprises are faced with two choices, either terminate the contract with all the dispatched employees, leaving only a few regular employees, or convert the dispatched employees to regular employees.However, the current financial crisis has deprived enterprises of the right to choose.When the dispatched employees were kicked out, the government panicked and hastily reformed the dispatch method of the manufacturing industry.

When Uniqlo announced that it would turn all dispatched employees into full-time employees, it won loud applause from everyone, but this is only something that a company with good benefits like Uniqlo can do.If all companies do this, personnel costs will rise sharply, and the competitiveness of Japanese companies will drop significantly. I think Japanese business customs are very bad, but if the business customs and people's sense of interdependence that have been used for so many years are suddenly denied, companies and employees may be confused and find it difficult to adapt for a while.

The result of Uniqlo’s doing this is that, in order to survive, and in order not to become a situation of “one will succeed in ten thousand bones”, it is necessary to transfer the work to countries with low personnel costs as much as possible. This is to prevent the Japanese industry from hollowing out. If we blindly follow the wishes of workers, the result will be nothing, and this form of employment will completely disappear from Japan. In Japan, whether officials, politicians or media workers, there are very few people who can think about this kind of problem in an all-round way. As a result, the situation of "government depression" and "government unemployment" will intensify.

In the case of "declining IQ", if the "government depression" is allowed to develop, what will this country look like?

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