5 ms·
I might like if but I have major ethical issues with doing business with any Chinese (or Saudi or North Korean or Vietnamese etc) company if it can be avoided.
by hvdfhbj 6y ago
I might like if but I have major ethical issues with doing business with any Chinese (or Saudi or North Korean or Vietnamese etc) company if it can be avoided.
Why prop up a dictatorship?
- kanox 6y agoChina is the world's largest economy, there's no way to avoid doing business with it.
- falcolas 6y agoDoesn’t mean you can’t try. Being deliberate with whom you associate is all you can really do.
- mistermann 6y agoHistory is chock full of examples that demonstrate otherwise.
- hvdfhbj 6y agoIt's the second largest economy. And I agree that it's practically impossible to avoid it completely, I only suggest avoiding it where possible. My personal rule is to not buy anything made in China for more than $100. I can't avoid buying Chinese for cheap plastic crap, but for significant purchases it's worth the time to be ethical in your purchasing decisions.
- disown 6y agoSo you haven't bought a smartphone, computer, camera, etc? Give me a break. You should boycott australian goods too. It's committed genocide and stole land/resources from the aborigines and got rich selling resources to china.
- anoncake 6y agoNo, they shouldn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
- ipiz0618 6y agoThe unawareness of the people here is worrying. Given its track record of censorships, especially of topics regarding the Uyghurs and Hong Kong, it is just unethical to support such a company.
- simonebrunozzi 6y agoTo be fair, if you were to give the same treatment to all other nations, you wouldn't use or buy anything which involves electricity, or any advanced tool. Back to the stone age, to be clear. The US, in particular, has a very "compelling" story of such things, even if some of these might not be as recent as China's.
- newen 6y agoHiroshima, Nagasaki, Vietnam. Highest imprisonment rate in the world. Not even scratching the surface.