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Yeah, everyone wants dollar stores but forgets that they only exist because of exploiting foreign labor. If we made the same garbage here, it would cost a lot l
by snarf21 5y ago
Yeah, everyone wants dollar stores but forgets that they only exist because of exploiting foreign labor. If we made the same garbage here, it would cost a lot lot more. And eventually, this will be done via automation and the jobs will disappear over there too.
We don't like to think about how other people are treated and have somehow convinced ourselves that we deserve to be treated better because they "don't have to do the crappy job". And this isn't just overseas. Look at the Nabisco and Kellogg strikes; I didn't see mass protesting going viral online and people refusing to buy those products. I'm sure people who know someone directly affected were more likely to boycott. It is sad that we are such a selfish species and have completely lost all empathy.
- kwere 5y ago>And eventually, this will be done via automation and the jobs will disappear over there too. so? capacity production and machinerized wealth will be local and accessible from society as whole
- matthewdgreen 5y agoThat’s true. Unless we build a society where individual survival requires the vast majority of people to sell their labor. Then we’re (mostly) in big trouble.