#sweatshops — Public Fediverse posts
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You can spot bullshit journalism by scanning intent - and omissions.
First, intent: creating FUD to coerce #protectionism against #China, without calling it protectionism, because protectionism bad - unless it's there to protect US private interests, in which case protectionism good!
Second, omission: which goddamn toy manufacturer does NOT rely upon #sweatshops? All western toy producers do this in the east and global south.
https://www.thebureau.news/p/uyghur-forced-labor-imports-from
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Let's be fair. They are hoping for the factories coming back and to be competitive on the global market the US current minimum wage is still too high.
They don't stop to think it through. They're the ones who'll be the exploited. Living in factory owned single-room-apartments in shifts, shop in the companies own store empty processed food heading for an early pauper's grave,
#GildenAge #WorkerExploitation #SweatShops #FactoryWorkers #Proletariat #WageSlaves #PropertySupremacy
