Re:The Hidden Cost of Privatization
by subverter on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @04:04PM
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Child labor is complex subject that we should avoid getting into here. The reason I added my disclaimer is because my argument is about cheaper goods, not any particular way they happen to be produced.
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Re:The Hidden Cost of Privatization
by maxerickson on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @04:11PM
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The banality of saying that cheaper goods are good is impressive and doesn't have much to do with the argument rayiner was making.
Then perhaps I misunderstood his/her argument.
If I look at it strictly in terms of child labor, there's nothing stopping those opposed to child labor from leaving Virginia and/or discriminating against products made there. Just as we can today with products produced by brands that we know use child labor.
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What? That's not what I said at all. In fact, as I initially said, "Please don't think I'm in any way arguing for child labor." How can I make it more clear?
My point is, in the hypothetical situation that a state did allow child labor – which I do not at all condone – people could choose not to buy products from that state, as people already do in not buying products from certain brands and countries that use child labor.