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I don't think it is the rational to come into a situation and assume that everyone but you is wrong and incapable of judging what is best for them.

in India there are hundreds of millions of workers that would love to work 12 hours shifts for more pay and a better quality of life. I'm sure there are advantages to the factory as well.




The reason it's wrong is that if you work for 12 hours per day, and sleep for 8 hours per day, that leaves you with only 4 hours per day for living your ONE AND ONLY life


The problem is you don't know what the next best alternative is for that person.

Maybe that option is working 18 hours getting fucked in a brothel and sleeping 6 hours.

Maybe that option is working 8 hours, but watching your children starve to death.

If people are lining up for these jobs, it is clearly better than their next best option in their mind. Who are you to say they are wrong?


The next best option for that person doesn’t impact the morality of the people making massive profits off them working their life away. They may not have another option because apple needs to add another percentage point to their profit margins, not because that’s the natural state of the world.

So, no, they are definitely not wrong. But anybody who is profiting off their choice while living in comfort is wrong beyond belief.




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