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While it's probably good to aim for less consumption, there's no fundamental reason that those countries couldn't have the same progression in workers rights.

While it's probably good to aim for less consumption, there's no fundamental reason that those countries couldn't have the same progression in workers rights. What needs to stop is western tax money pouring in through different channels to support repressive and corrupt regimes and policies under the guise of keeping these countries "business friendly". The working and middle classes in the west have been undermining themselves for quite some time now.

jimmywanger 9y ago
> there's no fundamental reason that those countries couldn't have the same progression in workers rights. There is in that a high level of unemployment leads to social unrest and governments toppling. Most people in the developing world are willing to suffer in order for a better future for their family. If you take that away (as I mentioned, more automation) then you take that away, and you get a lot of pissed off people. It's a lot easier to live in a sweltering room with your family if you have a reassurance that your children won't suffer the same fate.