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It's ethical how? By making rich Americans even richer, and removing one of the few ways developing countries can enter the global market?
by Siira 5y ago
It's ethical how? By making rich Americans even richer, and removing one of the few ways developing countries can enter the global market?
- to11mtm 5y agoIf a developing country handled all environmental regulations, etc. there would -still- be a profit to be had, unless shipping winds up negating that profit. Logically speaking a less developed country will still have lower overall wages. While this means the countries may develop slower, they will likely/hopefully wind up with less concentrated wealth (hiring more workers instead of a few people pocketing all the profits.) I would hope that such taxes would be used towards environmental or humanitarian efforts, to be a proper 'offset' tax. Doing so will likely result in some short term shocks, but a more sustainable society overall. My hope is that when prices would go up in such a scenario, consumers would again care about how long something lasts in big enough numbers that we have a less disposable society.
- spfzero 5y agoWhich “developing” countries are running world class fabs these days? Taiwan and South Korea are definitely first-world countries, as much so as the US.