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I can guess the modern slaves producing our cheap clothes would have an opinion on that.

• robertlagrant 4y ago
  It's true that a lot of the fashion industry appears to be pretty disgusting. But that doesn't mean that it would be better if fewer of the steps were automated.
  • MSFT_Edging 4y ago
    Local communities would be stronger and more resilient with more local crafts-people providing meaningful labor within said communities. Currently, everything is extraction and the US is rotting from the inside out because of it.
    • robertlagrant 4y ago
      People can do that right now; they just choose not to. I don't think you can do simple moralising at the state of things and point the blame at a single cause.
    • colinmhayes 4y ago
      Or people would consume less and therefore be poorer.