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Blautopf t1_j95kjyy wrote

Reply to comment by Calldean in eli5: Why are Chinese products so inexpensive? by Agile-Bench-9386

It is not based on politics but on ignorant assumptions, which is why it is boarding on racism.

Yes, they do not have as free a political state as many Western countries, but they are not owned by anyone.

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luvchicago t1_j96m7tj wrote

You may want to ask the Uyghurs about that.

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Blautopf t1_j96scd0 wrote

I did not say they had a good human rights record.

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luvchicago t1_j97264i wrote

You don’t think there is any slave labor occurring?

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Blautopf t1_j97p5f6 wrote

Debatable point: What occurs in Prison Labour camps in many doctatorships, certainly forced Labour, but slavery implies more the degradation of a human into a commodity.

After all, it is allowed even in the US for prisoners to be forced or at least coerced into work. So there is a very fine line between prisoners as labour, forced labour, and Slavery but a line exists between each step.

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luvchicago t1_j97wnju wrote

I am not sure that I see forced labor as a better situation than slavery, but if it makes you feel good….

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