You just don’t realize how good we have it here, even if it means we have to work hard sometimes and get up early and spend five days a work working for someone else. That’s an opportunity millions of other humans can only dream of having.
Do you ever reflect on the fact that “we” have it good “here” because other people are suffering?
We are incredibly fortunate, but it comes at a serious cost. The cheap electronics and clothing and tchotchkes we drown ourselves in is made on the backs of folks less fortunate (not to mention the biosphere as a whole). We didn’t sign up to be on the side of exploitation, and we don’t want to live in ignorance of what supports our way of life.
I’d actually argue it’s much worse than that. The cheap electronics and tchotchkes we drown ourselves in wouldn’t actually be that much more expensive if the work was done in developed countries.
But then companies wouldn’t make bigger profit margins every year, so obviously nothing else can be done.
It’s not even the comfort of populations that drives the exploitation. It’s the ‘high score’ of a few sociopaths.
Do you ever reflect on the fact that “we” have it good “here” because other people are suffering?
We are incredibly fortunate, but it comes at a serious cost. The cheap electronics and clothing and tchotchkes we drown ourselves in is made on the backs of folks less fortunate (not to mention the biosphere as a whole). We didn’t sign up to be on the side of exploitation, and we don’t want to live in ignorance of what supports our way of life.
I’d actually argue it’s much worse than that. The cheap electronics and tchotchkes we drown ourselves in wouldn’t actually be that much more expensive if the work was done in developed countries.
But then companies wouldn’t make bigger profit margins every year, so obviously nothing else can be done.
It’s not even the comfort of populations that drives the exploitation. It’s the ‘high score’ of a few sociopaths.