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Re:Workers on Samsung factory site battle police in Vietnam by mikeash on Thursday January 09, 2014 @11:24AM (#7031332)
How often do you purposefully buy a more expensive product solely because it's better for the people making it?
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Re:Workers on Samsung factory site battle police in Vietnam by eropple on Thursday January 09, 2014 @11:49AM (#7031490)
That's not a fair question. A fair question is "how often do you purposefully buy a more expensive product when the marginal expense product exceeds the marginal benefit you derive?".

Nothing exists in a vacuum.

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Re:Workers on Samsung factory site battle police in Vietnam by mikeash on Thursday January 09, 2014 @12:24PM (#7031730)
That's not correct, because the person I'm replying to is saying that Samsung is greedy for not taking a hit in order to benefit other people.
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