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The world spins in pain and has for a billion years. A billion Chinese people have been brought out of dire poverty by the manufacturing jobs that the export b
by cm2012 5y ago
The world spins in pain and has for a billion years.
A billion Chinese people have been brought out of dire poverty by the manufacturing jobs that the export business has created. (https://ourworldindata.org/app/uploads/2017/02/poverty-decline-without-china-768x512.png https://ourworldindata.org/app/uploads/2017/02/poverty-decli...).
Life for half the world's people sucks - but companies like Apple make it better, not worse. I say this as someone who doesn't use any Apple products and doesn't particularly like the company.
- doreal 5y agoThis is incredibly oblivious to the fact that we, the West, as consumers are enabling these awful working conditions. Do we need to buy an iPhone every year? Does Apple really need to release a new iPhone every year? Your comment basically says: they're poor but they're not too poor. Is there a line where poverty becomes tolerable? In a world like ours, where we are so productive, where we can mass produces practically anything, poverty should not exist.
- cm2012 5y agoThe thing is, if the West didn't buy, and China had no export market, life would get way worse for the average Chinese person. Rural farming is horrible compared to factory work, which is why Chinese people moved from rural farms to factory cities by the hundreds of millions over the last decades.
- netizen-936824 5y agoCan you cite some sources about rural or subsistence farming compared to factory work?
- cm2012 5y agoHere's a good Google search https://www.google.com/search?q=great+migration+in+china+farms+to+cities&sxsrf=AOaemvIx0jQMG7Kx12dDudpLOLsaVJOYmA%3A1638224762603&ei=elOlYfLtI-mUwbkP77Ga8A4&ved=0ahUKEwjykqXozr70AhVpSjABHe-YBu4Q4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=great+migration+in+china+farms+to+cities&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyCAghEBYQHRAeOgQIIxAnOgUIABCRAjoICAAQsQMQkQI6CAgAEIAEELEDOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARDRAzoECAAQQzoOCC4QsQMQxwEQ0QMQkQI6CgguEMcBENEDEEM6CwguEIAEELEDEIMBOgcIABDJAxBDOgoILhDHARCvARBDOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToECC4QQzoFCC4QkQI6CwguEMcBEK8BEJECOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCjAjoLCC4QgAQQxwEQrwE6CwguELEDEMcBEK8BOgUIABCABDoECAAQAzoFCC4QgAQ6CAgAELEDEIMBOg4ILhCxAxCDARDHARCjAjoGCAAQFhAeOgUIABCGAzoFCCEQoAE6BQghEKsCSgQIQRgAUABY8ihgtCloAXACeACAAasBiAHbHZIBBTIyLjE4mAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz https://www.google.com/search?q=great+migration+in+china+far...
- netizen-936824 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_farming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_farming