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This is a lot like the story of slave-like labor conditions for Nike in Indonesia or Bangladesh and such. From our comfy seats and nice intellectually stimulat

This is a lot like the story of slave-like labor conditions for Nike in Indonesia or Bangladesh and such. From our comfy seats and nice intellectually stimulating jobs, it really looks like Bangladesh should be standing up for its workers and telling Nike what's what. But then Nike will just move to neighboring starving Nepal, and Bangladeshis will have to return to farming and being affected by flooding and having a really, really bad time. It's bad that things are bad, but it's good that they could be worse otherwise.

c22 8y ago
Obviously the alternatives have to be worse in order for exploitive business models to thrive. If there were better options, people wouldn't allow themselves to be exploited. This still doesn't justify running a business on exploitation and it definitely doesn't turn the practice into some sort of charitable good.
- malandrew 8y ago
  Unless someone buys 100% fair-trade products, they are basically complicit in the exploitation. People most likely to purchase exploitative goods are those that are earning the least. Making these goods more expensive will just plunge people into poverty. This is why more people in 4-season climates freeze to death in the winter when the price of oil goes up. We're all part of complex systems and collectively as buyers we act as a forcing function on prices that leads to these practices you disapprove of.
  - s73v3r_ 8y ago
    No. The people running these companies are adults, who are fully capable of being responsible for their own actions. They know right from wrong. The fault of exploiting workers is 100000% on them, and them alone.
- thanatropism 8y ago
  > If there were better options, Please tell me if there's a better way to run this system than "global universal basic income". Because man, world government has its downsides too.

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This is a lot like the story of slave-like labor conditions for Nike in Indonesia or Bangladesh and such. From our comfy seats and nice intellectually stimulat

by thanatropism 8y ago

c22 8y ago
Obviously the alternatives have to be worse in order for exploitive business models to thrive. If there were better options, people wouldn't allow themselves to be exploited. This still doesn't justify running a business on exploitation and it definitely doesn't turn the practice into some sort of charitable good.
- malandrew 8y ago
  Unless someone buys 100% fair-trade products, they are basically complicit in the exploitation. People most likely to purchase exploitative goods are those that are earning the least. Making these goods more expensive will just plunge people into poverty. This is why more people in 4-season climates freeze to death in the winter when the price of oil goes up. We're all part of complex systems and collectively as buyers we act as a forcing function on prices that leads to these practices you disapprove of.
  - s73v3r_ 8y ago
    No. The people running these companies are adults, who are fully capable of being responsible for their own actions. They know right from wrong. The fault of exploiting workers is 100000% on them, and them alone.
- thanatropism 8y ago
  > If there were better options, Please tell me if there's a better way to run this system than "global universal basic income". Because man, world government has its downsides too.