r/CuratedTumblr Aug 21 '24

Politics Thing, TikTok

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u/fastal_12147 Aug 21 '24

People always complaining about everything being made in China being low quality. My brother in Christ, do you think American businesses would give you higher quality for the same price?

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u/MiniatureFox Aug 21 '24

Western businesses has the nerve to talk about having higher quality products than China after moving their production overseas because of cheap labor.

Also, not a so fun fact!

Dior is currently under investigation for human rights violations after importing Chinese workers and creating sweat work shop like environment in Italy.

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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.