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nebkelly t1_iyb9lim wrote

Reply to comment by CHBCKyle in Forced Uyghur labor is being used in China's solar panel supply chain, researchers say by chrisdh79

A good example is Americans attaking Qatar about imported workers when they have as many as 25 million exploited and undocumented workers in the US. Apparently they make up like 50% of farm workers and 75% of factory workers there. And way more than 6,500 die on the job every year. Also, the US is a developed, first world country lol.

I honestly can't remember the last time a US politician, media person or podcaster talked about it. They talk about cracking down on border control sometimes. But never about outcomes for the existing population.

They have quietly recreated an undercaste class that was lost when actual slavery was banned.

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Itchy_Focus_4500 t1_iybcpp2 wrote

Try watching Fox News. They have Never stopped talking about it. Nor anyone else who is or has lived on the southern border. All sides of the political spectrum. For YEARS. Just because you don’t like the source doesn’t make it ok not to be aware of what is going on.

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nebkelly t1_iybkgta wrote

I follow US politics pretty closely for a foreigner and it used to be an important topic on the national agenda around the 2000s. It was raised during campaigns, debates etc. Parties had policies. International news ran stories on it.

Misrepresenting it as a southern/border states problem is the level the conversation has devolved to now. This is a group of exploited Americans that is spread nationwide and larger in number than Asians.

I believe the moral failure is simple economics/greed. Removing those workers from the US, or granting them rights and paying them properly and giving them social services, would pretty much tank the US economy. They are responsible for 15% or something of all US GDP.

There is nothing that really compares to it outside of the US and its become a shelved subject because of the economic boon from allowing it to continue unresolved.

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Itchy_Focus_4500 t1_iyblnms wrote

For a FOREIGNER, Whose opinion matters fuck to me, Is based upon “what other people have told me in the past” As opposed to actually living on both sides of the border or living with this shit.

The USA ain’t perfect but it’s at least better than where you’re living. I’ve lived in four countries. I’ve never been anywhere better

You are like a little girl, telling her mother what sex is like, Because you read something about it on the bathroom wall..

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nebkelly t1_iybojbt wrote

You seem to have been triggered pretty hard by someone showing empathy lol. Why are you going into bat for a system that exploits millions of people.

And contributing to the problem by conflating border control (future immigrants) with a humanitarian problem (existing immigrants).

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Itchy_Focus_4500 t1_iybp3o1 wrote

Oh, you got me! Reread my last comment, last paragraph. Good day, and good luck with your life. Try working on whatever you call home and keep up your end of the bargain.

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nebkelly t1_iybpvm4 wrote

So you're now arguing that Americans should not comment about workers in Qatar?

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