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How does turning the poorest people in a country into wage slaves "benefit" those poor countries? Those poor people would be better off just being self sufficie
by boredpeter 5y ago
How does turning the poorest people in a country into wage slaves "benefit" those poor countries? Those poor people would be better off just being self sufficient farmers at that point. Workers at foxconn were literally killing themselves because of how bad the conditions were. When do we as a society decide that industrialization makes life worse for a huge percentage of the population? These multinationals go into poor countries with no worker protection laws specifically to exploit people. That only benefits those multinationals and their owners.
- sokoloff 5y agoWould the workers at Foxconn be better off if we took away their option to work at Foxconn? In general, if they thought that was their best option, it's hard for me to accept at that step an argument that providing them that option is making their life worse [than it would otherwise be]. Maybe there are a few more steps in the argument that make that position stronger?
- imtringued 5y agoPretty much every country had or will have an exploitation phase before they get wealthy. The only difference is that some countries still have their exploitation phase ahead of them.