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Re:Global minimum corporate tax: 130 nations to support U.S.... by boredpeter on Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:50PM (#27704663)
How does turning the poorest people in a country into wage slaves "benefit" those poor countries? Those poor people would be better off just being self sufficient farmers at that point. Workers at foxconn were literally killing themselves because of how bad the conditions were. When do we as a society decide that industrialization makes life worse for a huge percentage of the population? These multinationals go into poor countries with no worker protection laws specifically to exploit people. That only benefits those multinationals and their owners.
Re:Global minimum corporate tax: 130 nations to support U.S.... by sokoloff on Thursday July 01, 2021 @06:20PM (#27705607)
Would the workers at Foxconn be better off if we took away their option to work at Foxconn? In general, if they thought that was their best option, it's hard for me to accept at that step an argument that providing them that option is making their life worse [than it would otherwise be]. Maybe there are a few more steps in the argument that make that position stronger?
Re:Global minimum corporate tax: 130 nations to support U.S.... by imtringued on Friday July 02, 2021 @03:42AM (#27708833)
Pretty much every country had or will have an exploitation phase before they get wealthy. The only difference is that some countries still have their exploitation phase ahead of them.