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<blockquote data-quote="FrigidFTSup" data-source="post: 1701700" data-attributes="member: 58894"><p>You think a company like Apple would expose themselves to conditions like that? Look at what happened when it was discovered Nike was paying Vietnamese kids to make shoes. Like I mentioned earlier, my stepfather goes to China regularly. He's been to the Shenzen factory where they make the apple products. He's told me that while they aren't obviously in luxury, they get paid well for the area, and the conditions aren't below the Chinese norms. He said hardly any of it reminds him of the slave labor.</p><p></p><p>You're under the assumption that the Chinese and other developing countries are going to want to maintain their lifestyle. When that just isn't true. China is quickly becoming a very consumer based economy. Look at the explosion of Alibaba. Look at how many iPhones and iPads Apple sells there. You can't buy those products on slave wages. The race to the bottom argument is an old one because it's acts under the assumption people don't want nice things. These developing nations are quickly becoming economic powerhouses because companies have moved their production there. As those people get jobs in factories and start earning a higher income they can buy those products. It's a cyclical cycle. Sure the entire world isn't ever going to be on par with each other. But the China of today isn't the China of a decade ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrigidFTSup, post: 1701700, member: 58894"] You think a company like Apple would expose themselves to conditions like that? Look at what happened when it was discovered Nike was paying Vietnamese kids to make shoes. Like I mentioned earlier, my stepfather goes to China regularly. He's been to the Shenzen factory where they make the apple products. He's told me that while they aren't obviously in luxury, they get paid well for the area, and the conditions aren't below the Chinese norms. He said hardly any of it reminds him of the slave labor. You're under the assumption that the Chinese and other developing countries are going to want to maintain their lifestyle. When that just isn't true. China is quickly becoming a very consumer based economy. Look at the explosion of Alibaba. Look at how many iPhones and iPads Apple sells there. You can't buy those products on slave wages. The race to the bottom argument is an old one because it's acts under the assumption people don't want nice things. These developing nations are quickly becoming economic powerhouses because companies have moved their production there. As those people get jobs in factories and start earning a higher income they can buy those products. It's a cyclical cycle. Sure the entire world isn't ever going to be on par with each other. But the China of today isn't the China of a decade ago. [/QUOTE]
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