Re:The Amazon worker: paid £18,000 a year to shift 250 items...
by jimmywanger on Saturday January 20, 2018 @01:49PM
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> there's no fundamental reason that those countries couldn't have the same progression in workers rights.
There is in that a high level of unemployment leads to social unrest and governments toppling.
Most people in the developing world are willing to suffer in order for a better future for their family. If you take that away (as I mentioned, more automation) then you take that away, and you get a lot of pissed off people.
It's a lot easier to live in a sweltering room with your family if you have a reassurance that your children won't suffer the same fate.
There is in that a high level of unemployment leads to social unrest and governments toppling.
Most people in the developing world are willing to suffer in order for a better future for their family. If you take that away (as I mentioned, more automation) then you take that away, and you get a lot of pissed off people.
It's a lot easier to live in a sweltering room with your family if you have a reassurance that your children won't suffer the same fate.