China has massively boosted the living conditions of workers since the 1980s-1990s. The accusations of sweatshops 40 years ago made sense, but in 2025 they’re absurd, especially seeing the vast improvement in life quality in China compared to other countries which 100 years ago were in an identical condition, such as India or Bangladesh.
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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 days agoProbably because one uses slaves in the manufacturing process, and the other has the Elon musk affiliation
Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 3 days ago
frisbird@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
You do realize that the US uses prisoners as slave labor to the tune of $11B annually, right?