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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I really don't see an alternative though. If we refused to use products manufactured in 3rd world countries, it would be almost impossible to live above the poverty line in a country like Canada (try getting a half-decent job that doesn't use tools or electronics made by poor people).
We could all protest and demand better salaries for indentured laborers in 3rd world countries I suppose, but that would also raise our cost of living to an unmanageable point. I hate to say it, but if you aren't beating them, you're joining them.
Not that I agree with the current wealth distribution or think it is just, but I just don't see how the average person can break it without sacrificing themselves and their family. Honestly, humans (and most animals) are not wired to do things against self-preservation.
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Well the alternative would be to start demanding fairer waged and better social programs that would allow for Canadians to purchase fair trade/fair labour goods. It's pretty easy to throw your hands up and say "Welp, nothing I can do" and then continue to vote for political parties that encourage wealth disparity, or refuse to get involved on various forms of political advocacy that I might advocate for different lifestyles.
This isn't directed at you, but I'm still amazed that people will harp about how socialism "doesn't work" while still advocating the thoroughly debunked myth of trickle down economics.