Trying to avoid the arguement of sweatshop labour force by asking "how does that help the local labourer" is a little like asking "how will an individual slave be helped by being freed?" "They will perhaps be homeless, jobless, skilless, what place is there for them. Better to stick to the staus quo" that's the same in my mind.
Further, the problem of cheap labour adds to the problems of the area by increasing their standard of living in most cases, then cutting it off when the salaries rise to the point where it's cheeper to find another cheaper workforce.
Not a plan for succuss you must admit. Gain a better standard of living for a few months/years for an individual worker (surely no one is naieve enough to presume those workers are sage financial planners that will set that money away to help them later) but the region or demographic is more harshly affected after for long term. Maybe families have more children based on a temporary higher income, but then it goes and matters are worse.
I see the point trying to be made that those workers aren't complaining, but I think in the end they do.
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