The New Slavery
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talkpoliticshttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/21/1056826/-Apple-and-Unbridled-Capitalism?via=spotlight
Believe it or not, despite being an Arch Liberal TM I seldom read Daily Kos, and when someone directs me to a story there I take it with a huge grain of salt. However I've heard this story from various sources so it's pretty much verified.
Foxconn manufactures many of the nifty electronics we use today, including the Kindle, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. They keep their workers in compounds behind guards with automatic weapons. They are crammed 8 to a room. They work long hours for a pittance, and the pressure is taking its toll. Their work force has had numerous suicide attempts, many of which have succeeded.
Foxconn's solutions so far have been anything but exemplary. They've placed bars in windows and nets between buildings to keep people from jumping. They've had their employees sign "no suicide" pledges. They keep trying to address the symptom without even bothering with the cause.
What I find most ironic is if the workers try to form a union they'll receive a 12 year prison sentence. That's right, in Communist China they can't form a union.
You can't keep treating people this way and not expect some sort of reaction. This is the true face of class warfare, my friends. To me this is the inevitable result of unbridled capitalism, and why we need to keep regulations in place and to protect worker's rights. These people in China and elsewhere are paying a heavy price so that you can have a cheap smart phone.
(BTW if this was already discussed then I apologize, as you may or may not know I haven't been active lately.)
Believe it or not, despite being an Arch Liberal TM I seldom read Daily Kos, and when someone directs me to a story there I take it with a huge grain of salt. However I've heard this story from various sources so it's pretty much verified.
Foxconn manufactures many of the nifty electronics we use today, including the Kindle, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. They keep their workers in compounds behind guards with automatic weapons. They are crammed 8 to a room. They work long hours for a pittance, and the pressure is taking its toll. Their work force has had numerous suicide attempts, many of which have succeeded.
Foxconn's solutions so far have been anything but exemplary. They've placed bars in windows and nets between buildings to keep people from jumping. They've had their employees sign "no suicide" pledges. They keep trying to address the symptom without even bothering with the cause.
What I find most ironic is if the workers try to form a union they'll receive a 12 year prison sentence. That's right, in Communist China they can't form a union.
You can't keep treating people this way and not expect some sort of reaction. This is the true face of class warfare, my friends. To me this is the inevitable result of unbridled capitalism, and why we need to keep regulations in place and to protect worker's rights. These people in China and elsewhere are paying a heavy price so that you can have a cheap smart phone.
(BTW if this was already discussed then I apologize, as you may or may not know I haven't been active lately.)
You all should REALLY REALLLLY listen to this
Date: 22/1/12 15:53 (UTC)It will fuck you up.
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Date: 22/1/12 21:18 (UTC)i guess that's cool. i mean, we get to know our mechanics, doctors, bread-man, postman/woman, etc.....why not our textile workers and mac laborers too?
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Date: 22/1/12 16:12 (UTC)Saying human rights suck in China is akin to saying that Minnesota has pretty cold winters.
But you have to admit it's pretty cocky of you to say that communist China proves to us the dangers of capitalism.
No... it teaches us the dangers of a strong central autonomy.
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Date: 22/1/12 16:30 (UTC)The problem with this factory isn't that it's state-run, because it's not. It's run by a corporation that was given a free hand to do as they please with minimal regulation. If that isn't capitalism then I don't know what is.
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Date: 22/1/12 17:25 (UTC)Progressive Under L: "There's still Communists in China? Who knew?"
Regular Under L: "ROFLMAO, the discussions for this should be interesting in the Chinese sense."
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Date: 22/1/12 21:12 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 22/1/12 22:42 (UTC)Capitalism is made from the bodies of the oppressed. Communism and various other political and social ideologies are often not any better (or in fact are worse) so you're kinda stuck in a 'well at least it isn't me' place. This is why no matter who gets elected in the presidential campaign in America it won't change. How do you expect the rich elite to care about things that they can't begin to even imagine? They've never struggled, never suffered. They are kings and queens and nobility and the 'peasantry' doesn't concern them.
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Date: 22/1/12 23:13 (UTC)join the thread on this upstairs
Date: 23/1/12 00:15 (UTC)or...
http://talk-politics.livejournal.com/1319797.html?thread=105172085&style=mine#t105172085
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Date: 23/1/12 18:57 (UTC)Did anyone actually think that "Made in China" meant something else?
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Date: 24/1/12 15:01 (UTC)reason.com/archives/2011/11/15/chinas-black-market-city/singlepage