Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable?

Re:Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable? by Erwin on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:32AM (#21027076)

Is all your clothing made solely in US?

Bangladesh minimum wage for garment workers (1000+ of whom died when a poorly maintained building collapsed) is 95 dollars per month.

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Re:Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable? by ranie93 on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:42AM (#21027198)

Good point, better to keep exploiting than be a hypocrite!

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Re:Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable? by dotancohen on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:12PM (#21028999)

You are not exploiting the person making the garments, you are exploiting the fact that the cost of living in Bangladesh is far below the cost of living in a Western nation.

The fact that the standard of living in Bangladesh is also lower does not mean that you are exploiting the worker. In fact, in many cases (especially employing them directly online as the GP is suggesting) you are helping to improve their standard of living.

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Re:Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable? by mikojan on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:42AM (#21027195)

Does this make it not exploitative?

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Re:Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable? by dzamie on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:43AM (#21027214)

And that makes this less exploitative, how, exactly?

Whataboutism is not useful.

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Re:Ask HN: How to keep yourself accountable? by tudelo on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:34AM (#21027842)

Maybe they are just trying to provoke some thought. They did not make any grand claims regarding levels of exploitation... Not sure why there is always someone trying to get ahead of drama and signal how woke they are despite there being no drama at all.

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