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0 pointsAunche3y ago0 comments

>Even globalization is an example. There’s nothing etched in stone that says we need to have child labor mining in Africa for rare earth minerals to make iPhones.

This is a concern troll. If you really cared about child labor abroad, you would unequivocally support globalization as parents don't want their kids to be slaves and more jobs in these countries gives parents more options. Child labor and slavery is caused by a lack of oversight more than anything else, and unions in the US won't help that.

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geysersam3y ago

We have more options than protectionism vs. Laissez faire globalization.

I think the above comment is saying that we can have globalization and sane work conditions simultaneously.

Spooky233y ago

Tell me how globalization has improved conditions in the Congo?

AuncheOP3y ago

Companies don't want to invest in a unstable and corrupt country. Even so, the rapid rise in HDI of the DRC aligns with the growth of their exports.

You seem to be implying that colonization is synonymous with globalization, but let me dispel this notion. The problematic part of colonization were the protectionist aspects of it. The Congolese were unable to compete for the same administrative positions of that the Belgians enjoyed.

Now you tell me how unions in the US are supposed to help the DRC.

Spooky233y ago

I didn’t say that.

I said that globalization is an example of money driving policy at the exclusion of all else. High minded bullshit about resource extraction making your life better is similar to the bullshit narratives used as justification of colonialism.

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0 pointsAunche3y ago0 comments

>Even globalization is an example. There’s nothing etched in stone that says we need to have child labor mining in Africa for rare earth minerals to make iPhones.

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geysersam3y ago

We have more options than protectionism vs. Laissez faire globalization.

I think the above comment is saying that we can have globalization and sane work conditions simultaneously.

Spooky233y ago

Tell me how globalization has improved conditions in the Congo?

AuncheOP3y ago

Companies don't want to invest in a unstable and corrupt country. Even so, the rapid rise in HDI of the DRC aligns with the growth of their exports.

Now you tell me how unions in the US are supposed to help the DRC.

Spooky233y ago

I didn’t say that.

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