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Really unpopular opinion ahead (in progressive tech circles)... Most low cost labor in low cost countries has elements of this, but China takes it to a new lev
by lgleason 7y ago
Really unpopular opinion ahead (in progressive tech circles)...
Most low cost labor in low cost countries has elements of this, but China takes it to a new level. Talking strictly from a US standpoint, bringing jobs and the supply chains back into the US helps to significantly improve this. The only problem is that the orange man who everyone in progressive circles likes to label as a racist, sexist (name your favorite pejorative) is the only one who has talked about and taken any significant action to address this. Meanwhile they turn a blind eye to blatant racism, sexism etc..
Some other countries are beginning to wake up to this with their own economies as etc., but many wealthy, and powerful interests want to maintain the globalist status quo. Why? Because there is a lot of money to be made from slave labor. And the Chinese government is more than happy to help the wealthy quell this. While the progressive west is moralizing about perceived slights and hurt feelings, the Chinese are not worrying about that and eating their lunch.
Meanwhile western brands are censoring content etc. at the behest of the Chinese government and the actual cultural values that reject this are slowly being eroded away. The elites gain/maintain power and the middle class devolve back into being surfs/slaves.
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- bassman9000 7y agoThosd sound like regressive circles
- Brian_K_White 7y agoPick a lane. You've said a handful of random different things, and some of them aren't necessarily untrue, but I have no idea what your point was. Except one of several points was possibly to try to avoid saying you like Trump openly by hiding behind indirect and isolated observations. "Everyone complains that he goes around killing dogs like that's so awful, but no one's talking about that one time one of the dogs had rabies."