Dozens injured as up to 2,000 workers brawl at Foxconn dorm in China

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mrstickball said:

chocoloco said:

mrstickball said:

chocoloco said:

Suddenly my 1st world problems seem minimal in comparison. We really benefit all the time from the long hours, horrible working conditions and abysmal pay of millions of people.

Alternatively, the "horrible pay" has brought about 200,000,000 people out of subsistence farming into a middle class. Foxconn employees make more than most university graduates in China. Pay is entirely relative.

Do not respond to me with your right views. I do not agree with your justification of giving people progress by turning them into still malnourished and often poisoned machines due to toxic conditions.

Like continued progress in those countries can really be sustained anyways, as the world does not have infinite resources. We will be facing rude awakenings in the not too far future I can tell you that.

If you believe that the Chinese workers are being taken advantage of, then by all means, stop buying anything from any 3rd world country, and only buy American or European. Additionally, I hope you grown all your own food, or purchase it from a sustainable co-op.

We're certainly in for a rude awakening in the next 20-30 years. But it has nothing to do with resources, or the environment.

Let them eat cake.

I've never heard it so clearly.