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level or national level who will be attacked by whom, cannot be said openly and clearly. Therefore arms are manufactured for defence. America is on the top of arms manufacturing in the whole world. After that come Germany, Britain, France, Russia, China etc. The developing countries buy arms with a view to protect their nations from external attacks done by other nations. This activity strengthens the economies of developed nations and the ways of improvement of developing countries are blocked due to the lack of money. The arms manufacturing has reached up to the atom-bomb which is too much dangerous for the whole universe. On the universal stage all nations oppose the manufacturing of atom-bomb, but directly or indirectly all countries which are capable to produce it, are producing atombombs and other harmful and injurious arms. Therefore peaceful human life has been becoming painful day by day. Production of other necessary commodities
There are many commodities useful for human life which are being manufactured in different factories in which labours are exploited and capitalists make money. The shoes and bags are used very commonly for which leather production is necessary. Among all leathers calf-leather is known as the softest one. The shoes made of calf-leather are well known and liked by rich persons. The calf leather is found too soft because it is made of the skins of calves. Generally calves are of small age and the cruel process of taking skins from their bodies begins till they are alive. This cruelty is done in leather factories of those wealthy persons who are well known as social, religious and kind men in their societies. Building Constructions
The building constructions is one of the social and religious works because people get shelters in different buildings. But the process of building construction is also found injurious because labours are exploited in it. The contractors earn money by exploiting not only labours but the whole society. The materials used in construction have neither proper quantity nor quality. So the bridges constructed by the modern contractors are flown away by the first
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