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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Unfortunately most everything we buy these days--especially tech gadgets--involves near slave labor in factories in countries like China.
It's by no means exclusive to Apple. If one wants to do something about it, they pretty much need to not buy electronics or much of anything else.
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Sorry, but this is ridiculous nonsense. Just buy a ticket right now and go to one of the factories that work for name branded products (I am sure the same applies to factories that work for Apple, even though I have never seen one of those). There is no more slave labor than in any factory in the West. Guess what, in a factory environment you can't goof off during work hours, you have to work at a steady pace with time lines imposed and quality has to be maintained. If not, how would the products be? Does a structured work environment make it slave labor?
People working in a productive and friendly looking environment for limited hours at wages that are several times higher than the local standards. And in spite of general labor shortages (yes, there are not enough workers in all of Asia now, workers can pick and choose, that tends to eliminate the bad apples all by itself) more people sign up to become "slaves".
Slave labor, Jesus. I think we all should stop just repeating those outrageously inaccurate accusations as if they were the word of God. Some bloggers/journalist use such words to get an easy audience. No factory in any country can be a kindergarten where people just gather to have fun in a pressure free environment.