• PorkRoll@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Because capitalists have had an effective propaganda campaign to make them think “made in the USA” is good. It don’t mean shit. We need the union label back.

    • porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net
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      11 months ago

      if rules are in the way of profit it is not profit that is going to lose. this was, is and will always be the core problem of capitalism. it is profitable to break the rules.

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        11 months ago

        Or more to the point, the people in charge of making and enforcing the rules ensure that the rules are either not enforced at all, or that the penalty for breaking them is small enough to be seen as just a cost of doing business.

        My shorthand definition of capitalism is when everything is for sale, and that includes laws.

      • Pips@lemmy.sdf.org
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        11 months ago

        The US? We do grow sugar. But many farms in America hire child laborers. This isn’t solely a problem with imported agricultural goods.