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I can't help but think that society itself is to blame for things like this. We, as consumers, always demand lower prices while the pool of resources continues
by obtino 13y ago
I can't help but think that society itself is to blame for things like this. We, as consumers, always demand lower prices while the pool of resources continues to deplete. Businesses are forced to contend with this, and hence, they try to reduce their costs. They pay staff less, economize on quality, and eventually, when that fails to yeild the appropriate dividends, they move their venture elsewhere - and so the cycle begins again.
This has to somehow stop.
- pointernil 13y agoYou seam to forget that actual humans make up an businesses. There is ALWAYS an actual human being deciding what and if measures are undertaken to satisfy the public "demands". Those humans are to blame. It has to get personal. We need to prevent humans from hiding behind corporation-walls when living their destructive phantasies. Mr. Joseph Stiglitz called for similar measures when discussing the finance-disasters and their legal "consequences" on the court floors... "Phantasies" like treating their workers like their actual "mechanical turks" they help to enable on aws for others... which btw. should have been a warning to all: this IS the technocratic nightmarish model they apply to their "workforce". Obviously customers should make use their money to vote... it could be their employers are learning from amazon just right now.
- hristov 13y agoThere is nothing wrong with demanding low prices. And paying high prices in no way guarantee fair treatment of workers. That Bangladeshi factory that collapsed used to make some relatively high priced clothes. What we need is legislation that guarantees fair treatment of employees. Then you can still seek the lowest prices but you will not need to feel guilty about it. We are supposed to have such legislation, but Amazon have found some loopholes, unfortunately.