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I don't think industry in developing countries necessarily needs to be exploitative. We don't need to stop these industries but we need to demand reasonable tr
by lifeformed 8y ago
I don't think industry in developing countries necessarily needs to be exploitative. We don't need to stop these industries but we need to demand reasonable treatment and living conditions. The very fact that the workers' alternative is poverty means that they'll have a high tolerance of mistreatment, and that any good capitalist would be dumb not to exploit them. This asymmetry between employee and employer is not a justification that they should "just be happy they have any work at all", it should be a reason to demand symmetry from the employer.
There's no straightforward solution, but the status quo is not good enough.