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by miles7 2423 days ago
I agree it's an important question. But one thing often left out of the possible answers is to go forward with using cheap labor overseas while also providing a very strong safety net and job retraining options to those who lose their jobs as a result. If this was done, then those workers might be able to benefit from the cheaper prices of products too while still having money in their pocket. Instead they've just been abandoned.

Obviously this is oversimplifying things, but I'm just saying that on the one hand it's important for disruption to happen (Uber making it harder for taxis) for the sake of progress, but for the sake of justice and the social fabric we should protect those most affected by the disruption.