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That would be the same of accusing Apple of being evil for overlooking environmental laws, while other companies (Samsung, etc...) use the exact same practices
by felipe 13y ago
That would be the same of accusing Apple of being evil for overlooking environmental laws, while other companies (Samsung, etc...) use the exact same practices and end up getting a free pass. Walmart gets labeled as "evil" simply because they are the big ones and therefore the media likes to make them the example, but every retailer acts like them.
This is a problem of corporate-capitalism and the lack of labor protection in the US more than anything else.
(I agree with you that this is bad behavior. My point is simply that this kind of behavior should be enforced by the system)
- mikeash 13y agoAre the others, in fact, just as bad? If so, I've not heard of it. Sure, there are certain routine abuses that are rampant everywhere, but Wal-Mart takes it to a uniquely high level from what I know. I could be wrong, of course, but that's what I know.
- felipe 13y ago> Are the others, in fact, just as bad? Well, just one example that came to my mind from a documentary I watched recently: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/viewfinder/asia/2013/07/201371211640256607.html http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/viewfinder/asia/2013/07/...
- mikeash 13y agoIt's nearly impossible to link a single case of cancer to a particular cause, since the whole process is deeply probabilistic. Absent evidence of routine abuses at this factory and a significant increase in cancer incidence among workers, it doesn't really work. A knee injury, on the other hand, is trivial to link to the on-the-job accident that caused it in many cases.