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by jolux 1846 days ago
I agree, but part of the problem with manufacturing in China is that American companies have become complicit in the abuses of a brutal authoritarian regime. The manufacturing efficiencies cannot be ignored, but it would be wise to take this into consideration as well moving forward. I’m just not sure if there’s a reasonable way to do so. This may be an inevitable consequence of globalization in the short-term.
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orhmeh09 1846 days ago
Why is complicity in abuse of populations suddenly a problem? The US imprisons more than China does, forces citizens to work through a yet-unresolved pandemic that disproportionately impacts already marginalized and abused segments of the population, and furnishes private companies with prison labor for $1 an hour when the prisoners are not being made to fight forest fires or being abused (or killed) by law enforcement or each other.

I think the companies have the stomach for more and that it’s mainly a marketing and public relations issue.

https://fair.org/home/us-media-cant-think-how-to-fight-fires...

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jolux 1846 days ago
> Why is complicity in abuse of populations suddenly a problem?

It's always been a problem, but it's best to make whatever strides to resolve it that we can.

> The US imprisons more than China does

Sure, but it is not currently engaged in a genocide. Standards for due process are also stronger in the US than in China, and you don't get thrown in jail for criticizing the government either.

The US prison system being bad does not make China's abuses any less serious. They are still much worse than what the US does.

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lucian1900 1846 days ago
The US is the one with widely documented concentration camps on the border.

And last year showed us just how much due process is ignored and political prisoners persecuted, if previous history wasn’t enough.

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Dylan16807 1846 days ago
> The US is the one with widely documented concentration camps on the border.

That's for people crossing in, and on average they're only in there for a couple days. The current population is around 10k people. It's a problem but it's absolutely nothing compared to putting entire groups into concentration camps. We did that once, but it sure wasn't any time recently.

> And last year showed us just how much due process is ignored and political prisoners persecuted, if previous history wasn’t enough.

It did?

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