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Mitt Romney and The Chinese “Slave Labor” Factory

August 26, 2012 by Museum Fatigue

In an interesting video posted this past Friday, Mitt Romney describes a Chinese factory he visited back in his days at Bain Capital. The video was posted on YouTube by someone apparently pretending to be Rachel Maddow of MSNBC with the sensational title, “Mitt Romney admits to using Chinese slave labor at Bain.” Regardless of the source, however, the footage appears to be legitimately from the mouth of Mitt. The short two-minute clip reveals some interesting assumptions about China, globalized labor, and the miscommunications of […]

Categories: China, Global Production, Mythologies • Tags: bain capital, china factories, Chinese workers, consumption, current-events, Mitt Romney, rachel maddow, slave labor

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