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People supporting this have a similar mentality to Arabian Gulf countries that treat laborers poorly: “we pay you so that makes us generous, shut up”. Of course
by erenyeager 4y ago
People supporting this have a similar mentality to Arabian Gulf countries that treat laborers poorly: “we pay you so that makes us generous, shut up”. Of course, this behavior is unacceptable and needs to be condemned. Imo Using people’s conditions in poverty as a way to severely exploit them is like pimping out a starving child and wanting credit for sharing some of the earnings. There is nobody to protect the child and he’s desperate, but that doesn’t make the pimp correct.
- tofuahdude 4y agoRising supply of jobs increases wages and quality of life. This is a good thing. The wages they're paying are substantially higher than all the local averages. This is a good thing. How is this "severely exploiting"? The alternative is that the Kenyan economy remain isolated, small, and impoverished. This is a bad thing.
- fzeroracer 4y agoYou're using the exact same logic as those that were using child labour for coal mining in the 1800s. They're being specifically exploited because that is what the company set out to do. You could argue any number of benefits as a smokescreen but the reality is that they hired people in Kenya because they knew they could exploit them. Everything else is post-hoc rationalization.
- tofuahdude 4y agoExcept that nowhere did I advocate for child labor. That is obviously abhorrent and clear false equivalence. Are the employees adults? Yes. Are they being forced to work there? No. Are they choosing / trying to work there because the pay is higher than their alternatives? Yes. Very different than child labor.
- abigail95 4y agoHow many Kenyans do you employ? More than the few hundred you're trying to get fired? How does that improve their situation?