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That's cynical and easy to write from a warm chair in a western country. The problem are the conditions that make sweat-shops the least worst alternative for a
by nisa 13y ago
That's cynical and easy to write from a warm chair in a western country.
The problem are the conditions that make sweat-shops the least worst alternative for a lot of people. It's power, money and corruption.
There is no financial gain for western corporations or governments to really solve these problems. We profit from the political and economical instability in these countries and therefore from the suffering these people have to endure. We make ugly deals using the World Bank and the IMF to destabilize their markets. We help to keep corrupt politicians in place and happily exploit natural resources in these countries.
But nobody cares.
- skylan_q 13y agoThe problem are the conditions that make sweat-shops the least worst alternative for a lot of people. It's power, money and corruption. If the least worst alternative is taken away from them, then they have only the next least worst alternative. Asking to take this away is asking to take away the best thing they have. It's easy to write from a warm chair in a western country that people should have better job conditions considering the availability of jobs that allow for consumerism.
- nisa 13y agoI should have written that in a more neutral way. What I wanted to say is: Our corporations and our governments can and should be held partially responsible for these conditions. I'm not saying that it's only the fault of "evil corp" in the USA or any other western nation but saying it's their problem and sweat-shops are fine is in my opinion not the whole truth.
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