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What about the poor in their own countries that might not be able to afford clothes?
by saubeidl 7mo ago
What about the poor in their own countries that might not be able to afford clothes?
- cindyllm 7mo ago[dead]
- ozgrakkurt 7mo agoBut then the prices might drop and the shareholders might lose value. Rather have all people spend all of their money to the cent to buy clothes, to pay rent and to buy water tbh
- saubeidl 7mo agoIf the shareholders are rich because the poor are not clothed then fuck the shareholders and the system that made them rich.
- WarmWash 7mo agoThe shareholders losing value means that either all clothes drop to shein quality or they just stop making clothes.
- anigbrowl 7mo agoOK. We were told creative destruction is good, if some companies exit the market and are replaced by others that offer better value then resources are being allocated more efficiently, no?
- WarmWash 7mo agoJust like other companies came along and offered a better Sears catalog when the internet killed their revenue? People don't voluntarily lose money. Understand that and the world will way more understandable.
- anigbrowl 7mo agoIt does appear that people prefer the convenience of internet shopping, though I also see that other firms still successfully apply the catalog model in specific markets, eg Harbor Freight which does this for construction tools. People don't voluntarily lose money. Understand that and the world will way more understandable. But nobody is arguing that they do. Rather, I'm saying that if some companies lose money on selling clothes and exit the market, there's nothing wrong with that.
- philipallstar 7mo agoIt's very very easy to spend much less on clothes. Buying a new handbag every 6 months vs maintaining a bag for 20 years isn't that much different in terms of effort, but one is unbelievably more expensive.
- smt88 7mo agoAny name brand would rather send their unsold clothes to a landfill in India rather than allow their wealthy customers to see poor people wearing the clothes.
- bluebarbet 7mo agoA perhaps inadvertent but nicely succinct indictment of capitalism.
- saubeidl 7mo agoWhich is why you write regulations to ban that. Hence, this thread.
- smt88 7mo agoThese regulations don't and can't ban that. The companies can say they're "selling" or "donating" them abroad.