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It’s easy to make excuses like “we don’t source from the forced labor part of the country” or “the whole world’s supply chain is tied to China.” Both statements
by RyanShook 6y ago
It’s easy to make excuses like “we don’t source from the forced labor part of the country” or “the whole world’s supply chain is tied to China.” Both statements are true but when we consider how we’re indirectly supporting a country that is actively committing crimes against humanity it has to make us stop and do some serious soul searching.
When it was obvious China’s wages were below minimum wage in the US I said that’s free markets at work. But what’s happening in Xinjiang isn’t anywhere close to free market labor. It’s the opposite and I keep trying to but can’t think of any excuse for it.
- ithkuil 6y agoThe danger of soul searching is that you might find none
- onethought 6y agoMuch like prison labour in the US right? But no one seems to care about that.
- Natsu 6y agoThat's the thing, it is hard to disengage. I know that the China sanctions seem to have helped move that along economically, but it's hard to even know where every little thing is sourced from and so much is done in China. But I do know that, at least for my shoes, they were made by Tim & Mary, not by someone toiling in a factory with nets to keep them from jumping out the window. It's not much, but it's something.
- chadcmulligan 6y agoThere's the Capitalist peace theory - countries with strong trade won't fight each other - its bad for business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_peace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalist_peace
- fspeech 6y agoNike should clarify their statement so they don't run afoul of anti-discrimination laws. One consequence of their action may be that their suppliers refuse to hire any ethnic minorities, as shown in their statement.