Forced Labor in Malaysia's Electronics Industry

Re:Forced Labor in Malaysia's Electronics Industry by noobermin on Sunday July 01, 2018 @05:10PM (#17437616)

I really get skeptical of attitudes like this. It's not enough to just make a conscious decision to not buy them yourself because it won't accomplish much. You need systemic change or significant pressure on the slave shops at the very least.

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Re:Forced Labor in Malaysia's Electronics Industry by dagss on Sunday July 01, 2018 @05:22PM (#17437679)

Getting "systemic change or significant pressure" starts by individuals spreading awareness and campaigning politically, and determining what goods are produced using slave labor is a big part of that.

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Re:Forced Labor in Malaysia's Electronics Industry by throwawaymath on Sunday July 01, 2018 @05:53PM (#17437839)

Perfect is the enemy of good. Individuals cannot effect systemic change, but they can reduce their own responsibility. In so doing, they might convince others to do so, which can effect systemic change.

Changing individual behavior is concrete and demonstrable. It's also harder and requires more of a sacrifice, which is why people don't do it. On the other hand, effecting systemic change is ill-defined and hard to measure. It's a lot easier to attempt (and fail) a monolithic task with no skin in the game than it is to clean up your own side of the street.

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Re:Forced Labor in Malaysia's Electronics Industry by acover on Sunday July 01, 2018 @06:20PM (#17437984)

I'm not trying to completely solve the problem. I'm trying to be less complicit in it.

I'm thinking of the story of the English factory workers that refused to use the products of slave labor. It didn't stop slavery but they at least weren't complicit.

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