Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site less divisive

Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by tinco on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:12PM (#23314490)

Are you seriously arguing that consumers can't spend $5 less on a shirt so that instead of having "BALR." it was made under less shitty conditions? Consumers have plenty money for t-shirts, they just choose to spend it on fashion statements instead of thinking about working conditions of people half a planet away.

There's plenty of choice. It's not about choice, it's about what's on your mind, and what you put on your mind. If you want to look cool, you put the working conditions concern off of your mind. If you want to make money, you put the division concern off of your mind.

The buck stops at every stop.

edit: did a quick google, first result on a plain white t-shirt that's fair trade is $25, first result on 'fashionable' plain white t-shirt (by balr or supreme) is $60...

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Re:Facebook executives shut down efforts to make the site le... by Osiris on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:30PM (#23314725)

Basic economic theories require that consumers have full information and make rational decisions. Neither of those are valid assumptions.

In this case, the vast majority of people don't know if a shirt was made with child labor or not. If this information was clearly communicated to every consumer I'm sure you'd see consumer behavior change to some degree.

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