Before you fall victim to the latest scare-mongering from the usual suspects in the mainstream media, you owe it to yourself to check out this pictorial of workers in Chinese toy factories. Yes, some of these pictures are truly odd, but remember this: what is not shown is the alternative.

These workers are well dressed, healthy and well employed. What is the alternative? A dramatically lower standard of living in the rural areas of China, or worse.

These jobs are a dream come true for many of these workers. Remember the riots and gangs outside the so called “Economic Free Zones” of China in the early 1980’s?

No, these workers do not have lives equal to doctors in the US. But they, in their own way, are living the dream. Never let the perfect be the enemy of the better.