• Crackhappy@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 month ago

    That’s both true and also shifting the blame to the consumer. We should have stronger regulation that is enforceable. Not going to happen in the Trumposphere but nice to think about.

    It’s kind of like how we should all think globally and act locally.

    • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 month ago

      It’s vote with your dollars, which does in a sense shift blame to the consumer.

      This doesn’t have anything to do with trump though, its been going on forever. There will always be rich countries and poor countries. Poor countries provide labor for the rich.

      The better argument to make is that $208 is higher than the average wage in the country for unskilled labor. That doesn’t make it right, and it looks like shit when you break it down to ‘I paid $45 for this shirt, and that’s one of the 209 shirts that person made on Tuesday’.