Re:When I lost my hands making flatscreens I can't afford, n...
by sliverstorm on Friday June 12, 2015 @01:30PM
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American companies outsource this sort of manufacturing because it's cheap.
Which American companies? LG is not an American company, and they are nobody's subsidiary.
Re:When I lost my hands making flatscreens I can't afford, n...
by ceejayoz on Friday June 12, 2015 @01:34PM
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LG has over a hundred local subsidiaries, of which LG USA is one. As with most consumer electronics companies, they outsource much of their production to smaller companies like the Mexican factory in the story.
> America's wealth is built upon the labor of foreigners whose treatment would be illegal if they were in America.
American companies outsource this sort of manufacturing because it's cheap. Stories like this are part of why it's so cheap, and corporations have been pretty effective at disconnecting consumers from this sort of human cost to their expensive consumer devices.