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Anything Chinese in the news gets pulled into the current zeitgeist of anti-China fear. If that's also useful for undercutting competition or scoring some othe
by woooooo 3y ago
Anything Chinese in the news gets pulled into the current zeitgeist of anti-China fear.
If that's also useful for undercutting competition or scoring some other political/economic points, you can pretty much count on it.
- mrguyorama 3y agoIt is not anti-chinese fear that these companies are using literal slave labor. Visit r/fucknestle to see that same disgust for non-chinese companies. There is actually an amount of this disgust for clothing brands in general, as they often routinely end up employing literal slaves as well, however it is unfocused, as the non-transparency of supply chains purposely makes it hard to know who is or isn't using slave labor, and how much plausible deniability they have implemented.
- woooooo 3y agoDo we get calls to outlaw Nestlé every time it's campaign season? Hershey would love it. Hating Nestlé is niche. Hating the Russians is partisan. Hating the Chinese is mainstream consensus. Consider how confident you are in the slave labor accusation, for example. This was a thread about a non-compete dispute.
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoApple used child slave labour. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-knowingly-used-child-labor-supplier-3-years-cut-costs-2020-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-knowingly-used-child-l... What's your point? As the great philosophy show house of cards suggested: when the tits that big, everybody gets in line. So all companies will use slave labour if it makes them more money. There is no moral high ground anywhere.