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Yes, this is exactly what every country which ever had sweatshops looks like. It's not like England, or the United States, or South Korea ever developed a middle class capable of buying the kinds of products being manufactured in their sweatshops. Capitalism only reinforced existing class divides, which is why the preindustrial nobility are still the only rich people in the world.



"Which is why the preindustrial nobility are still the only rich people in the world"

Obviously false.

Bill Gates? Jay Z? Zuckerberg? There are so many people on the Forbes Billionaires List who are self-made.


Um, that's my point.




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