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Well, no, most people don’t realize US is using slave labor. Most people believe China does, though, despite no proofs. Sadly, people are still quite disconne
by trasz2 4y ago
Well, no, most people don’t realize US is using slave labor. Most people believe China does, though, despite no proofs. Sadly, people are still quite disconnected from verifiable reality.
- projectazorian 4y agoChina does use slave labor, mostly in its prison system. Just like in the US. It's a marginal part of the overall economy. Just like in the US. Yet people talk about China like it's an entirely gulag based economy.
- etherael 4y agoPerhaps because of the suicide nets? I get the Foxconn is not technically slave labour, but you must admit that suicide nets may give to the observer the impression that the gap is not that large between whatever it is and slave labour?
- tim333 4y agoThey have suicide nets on the Golden Gate Bridge. They don't prove slavery.
- godelski 4y agoThe Golden Gate Bridge also isn't a place of work
- solarman5000 4y agoI lose workers to foxxcon all the time. They are one of the best companies in SZ to work for, with high wages and good benefits.. I dont think many people in CN would agree with your definition of what slave labor is
- etherael 4y agoTo note, I don't actually have an opinion on if foxconn is slavery or not, my point was that they can easily appear that way to outside disinterested observers purely based on "they have suicide nets around the buildings" because of the obvious implications thereof, and also the spattering of news stories that play up those implications.
- MockObject 4y ago> Well, no, most people don’t realize US is using slave labor And they shouldn't, since the example you cited is 0.00048 of the US GDP.