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Considering the culture of Apple, and how big of an issue this would be if it got out, this is huge. The poor bastards in China can choose to do something else
by darkchasma 14y ago
Considering the culture of Apple, and how big of an issue this would be if it got out, this is huge.
The poor bastards in China can choose to do something else. They are grown adults who can make their own life decisions. It's literally a thousand times safer than the fishermen and loggers here in the west.
- kayoone 14y ago"The poor bastards in China can choose to do something else." Thats not really true, China is not the US. Most of these workers have no other choice as to nearly work themselves to death to be able to support their families outside of the big cities. Its not really Apples problem though, as some other company would take their spot if they were not doing it, but that doesnt make it a good thing.
- hpguy 14y agobs. This makes it sound like these companies like Apple are harming the Chinese. I came from a developing country and I can tell you right now many people have to do much worse jobs to carve out some food for themselves and many others die from the lack of it. The moment you pull out jobs made possible by Apple and the likes, many will suffer.
- darkchasma 14y agoIt's a fact that no one forces a Chinese person to work at Foxconn. It's also a fact that many jobs like logging and fishing in the west are much much higher in fatalities each year. It's also a fact that dentists have a much much higher suicide rate than Foxconn employees, almost 7 times more from the numbers I was playing with last year. The situation in China isn't good, but it is what it is, and it's not Apples fault. And it most certainly isn't Jobs fault. Just about everything you consume is made in factories in China, but I only see this when Apple is in the conversation. It's simply illogical.