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by CamelCaseName 2939 days ago
Working 70 hours is much more than 40. In the first case you're working to survive and don't have any time outside of work to improve your situation.
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I'm pretty sure you own a cell phone and a laptop.

And most of your things are made by people working comparable hours for much less money and a lower of standard of living. Yet you somehow find that "acceptable" even though you're still complicit in their exploitation.

I fail to see why geographic proximity makes things less acceptable. If we could ship the fruits of their labor from overseas, that would be ok?