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Board Politics & Society
Re: Sweatshops in a realistic light.
by
AyeYo
on 24/06/2011, 22:13:54 UTC
Your right. A sweatshop worker is not within a light year of a level playing field with a sweatshop owner. Thanks for acknowledging one of the points I was trying to make

Now: That being the case, explain how a sweatshop worker, being a light year away from having the power of a sweatshop owner, is going to FORCE that owner to improve working standards. Explain how, if the sweatshop owner decides to leave because of this, this worker is going to get a better deal. If the worker could get a better deal, then why does he not already start with it?!

He can't get a better deal, that's exactly the problem.  He's stuck choosing between hell and death because he got the short end of the stick.  He is not a free man, nor is his choice to work in the sweatshop voluntary.  It is an ultimatum with death as the other option.