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by roma1n 3043 days ago
Where did you pull your $100 figure from? Suppose this accounting of environment and labor results in paying say $50 for a shirt that would be durable, then this might simply be awesome. Fewer, more durable goods that in the long term may be cheaper through automation. The answer to slavery may or may not be automation but certainly isn't "well, though, that's capitalism for you."