Apple Sweatshop Labor

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They are socialists. What do you expect?

Aren't grossly oversimplified responses to complex issues wonderful...

So much easier than presenting thoughtful and reasoned discussion.

 

[chrono1081]

I read the link. You're quite daft if you believe it. It's a typical PR response by a company that has known full well what the conditions are like, and is only now trying to excuse themselves to a public which has just gotten a peek behind the curtain and discovered who and how that shiny toy in their pocket was assembled.

Apple doesn't care about the lives of the workers. Apply only cares that the consumer doesn't care, and they want to make sure that the public doesn't start care.

I'm sorry but not everything is a hidden conspiracy.

Foxconn will exist whether Apple is there or not. Foxconn is NOT Apple and Apple is not responsible for what goes on in Foxconn.

What Apple does do is use its money and contracts like a responsible company should to try and improve working conditions for the VOLUNTARY employees of Foxconn.

No one is holding them there, and apparently it can't be that bad of a place to work if people are lined up daily to try and get Foxconn jobs.

If you actually read the report you'd see Apple has made big strides in this area since taking Foxconn on as a supplier. Try and give credit where credit is due. Apple could have easily turned their back but they didn't.

 

[E.Lizardo]

You misunderstand, I think. My argument is that capitalism is moral because it's the only system that allows the most people the most freedom.

That includes individual freedoms, like those you imply you're going to enjoy. And since capitalism is one of the most important reasons Americans have the freedoms they do, then I stipulate the left is immoral in their attempts to remove personal choice by attacking capitalism as they currently do.

Bravo!

 

[aristobrat]

I read the link. You're quite daft if you believe it.

So you think Apple made the following statement (on that link) and has no intentions of following through with it? Really?

"Apple is the first technology company to be admitted to the Fair Labor Association (FLA). The FLA has made incredible progress over the past decade to improve working conditions and protect workers in the apparel industry. As a member of the FLA, Apple will open our supply chain to an FLA auditing team that will measure our performance against the FLA’s own Workplace Code of Conduct. The results of these audits will appear on the FLA website. This represents a level of transparency and independent oversight that is unmatched in our industry."

 

[MorphingDragon]

You misunderstand, I think. My argument is that capitalism is moral because it's the only system that allows the most people the most freedom.

All lies. Anarchy is the only political system to allow true freedom. By your logic only Anarchy is moral.