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>The trend of fast fashion (buying clothes just to wear them a few times) has nothing to do with Amazon though. It is a direct result of our modern society. It
by crdoconnor 9y ago
>The trend of fast fashion (buying clothes just to wear them a few times) has nothing to do with Amazon though. It is a direct result of our modern society.
It's a direct result of clothing deflation (clothing deflation is 2nd only to electronics deflation).
That in turn, is a direct result of pushing manufacturing to the cheapest 3rd world sweatshops (e.g. Bangladesh & Vietnam), not automation.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoTBH, that's pretty much automation. From the point of view of businesses, those workers in 3rd world sweatshops are nothing more than cheap-ass protein robots that inhabit the area.
- paganel 9y agoPlus, the logistics operation that makes it economically feasible to make cheap stuff half the world way from it where is actually sold is pretty much automated.
- crdoconnor 9y agoIt's better for them if we all believe metal and plastic robots are doing those jobs. If people believe that those jobs migrated overseas because of trade agreements they might start to get dangerous ideas that threaten their bottom line.