Melancholy of obsolete futures: on Soviet Brutalism

Re:Melancholy of obsolete futures: on Soviet Brutalism by gridlockd on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @01:37PM (#24284927)

The difference is that, unless they have been scammed by traffickers, every one of these workers chose that fate over a worse fate.

If you're buying a phone, or some produce, or pick something out of a shelf, you don't have blood on your hands, you have contributed to someone's life being a little better than it would otherwise have been.

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Re:Melancholy of obsolete futures: on Soviet Brutalism by andrepd on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @01:48PM (#24285076)

There's no talk of "choice" when, as you admit it, the choice is between near-slavery or death.

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Re:Melancholy of obsolete futures: on Soviet Brutalism by wpurvis on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:11PM (#24285373)

Exactly. Work or die isn't a choice, its a threat.

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Re:Melancholy of obsolete futures: on Soviet Brutalism by gridlockd on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:03PM (#24285266)

I don't admit that.

However, even if that was the situation, "death" is strictly worse than "near-slavery", so you're still contributing to the lesser of two evils.

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