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“The article is about literal Chinese Slave Labor camps” Actually it’s not... did you read it? The central allegation is that a few thousand Xinjiang Muslims
by mike_h 6y ago
“The article is about literal Chinese Slave Labor camps”
Actually it’s not... did you read it?
The central allegation is that a few thousand Xinjiang Muslims were offered employment possibly in exchange for political indoctrination.
There’s a side allegation that prisoners are also being put to work in factories. There’s no allegation let alone evidence that this is without compensation. And the pennies offered in US prisons hardly count, and certainly don’t absolve the US justice system of the conflict of interest one can allege upon seeing how profitable it is for localities to throw people in jail.
- Alupis 6y ago> “The article is about literal Chinese Slave Labor camps” > > Actually it’s not... did you read it? Yes, but apparently you did not. Here's the quote: > Xinjiang, in the far reaches of Western China bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Muslim-majority countries, is facing a brutal crackdown by China’s government, which has placed more than a million Muslims in concentration camps or forced them to work in factories making everything from cotton to soft drinks to electronics. Trying to spin this off as some sort of voluntary job thing is extremely disingenuous. Almost as disingenuous as trying to spin paid prison labor in the US as slave labor.
- mike_h 6y agoThat’s side-allegation, not what this article is about. And it’s a debatable one.
- Alupis 6y agoAre we reading the same article? You stated: > The central allegation is that a few thousand Xinjiang Muslims were offered employment possibly in exchange for political indoctrination It's a million, and they were not offered employment. They were "transferred" and forced to work in factories, among other places.
- zm262 6y agoDid you know how such a whole number of one million come to be? Apparently eight persons were asked about their heresay and then someone extend the result to the whole population of xinjiang..
- wolverine876 6y agoSimply do a quick search for Xinjiang forced labor; you will find endless reports from the world's most credible sources. What is your basis for saying it's debatable? You argue every point, but what do you think should be done?
- darig 6y agoYou're doing a fair bit of disingenuous spinning yourself there, chief.
- mcguire 6y ago"...Xinjiang Muslims were offered employment possibly in exchange for political indoctrination." "Offered employment in exchange for political indoctrination"? What exactly does that mean?