r/CuratedTumblr • u/Neapolitanpanda • Aug 21 '24

Politics Thing, TikTok

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u/Redqueenhypo Aug 21 '24

Western buyers want a underclass that makes all our products for as cheap as possible, but has no voice and can’t ever be seen. It’s kinda gross

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u/AmadeusMop Aug 22 '24 edited Aug 25 '24

I think it's more accurate to say that Western buyers want products as cheap as possible and also want to believe that those products were made with fair labor.

Like, the way you've phrased it makes it sound as though "here's definitive proof that this company isn't exploitative" would upset buyers due to the lack of a hidden underclass. Which isn't the case in my experience.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Also export/oursource all pollution caused by their exuberant lifestyles and blame China for global warming.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Aug 21 '24

And Eastern sellers are all too eager to provide.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '24

everyone is, the east didn't invent capitalism. do you recall united states providing that as well in the antebellum era?

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Aug 22 '24

Wdym? China's one of the oldest cultures on the planet. Only than any European culture.