China (and other Asian nations) but particularly China, which is a powerful and rich country allows this unfortunately. Hopefully an issue the government is trying to fix, but one of my main critiques.
Plastic injection molding doesn’t require a lot of hands, but it does require a relatively skilled supervision of the process and the assembly line.
As a result, plastic toys aren’t a good candidate for child labor. It’s just not cost effective compared to automated systems.
Stuffed toys, though, may benefit from tiny fingers doing fine stitching, so maybe that would’ve been a better candidate for comics like this.
thanks, Satan
God damn Lemmy is bleak
I mean, I get that sentiment, but at the same time, that’s just actually the world we live in. Maybe the comic isn’t 100% accurate, but it’s good to be reminded once in a while, I feel.
Yeah except here we are reminded 99.9% of the time and it gets old
Hard agree. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with celebrations, indulging and being merry on days like this. Remember the other, though, if you have the capacity.
are there any bloom-ish stuff here?
The person who posted this probably did it on an iPhone while patting themselves on the back
society
Why don’t Chinese kids believe in Santa? Because they know they make the toys.
what would marx do?
My dad used to complain about this stuff while he was handing me the gift on Xmas morning. I was like 8 and I remember getting pissed like “well why are you buying it for me then?!”
this is why I give my kids beatings for Christmas. so they appreciate the other 364 days of the year when I just scream at them.
Mom?
Do you open your new set of jumper cables first?
I make my kids do it.
the true gift is the look on their face every year.
This is about 14 deep.
Just .ml things.
There’s a grain of truth in here somewhere, but it’s really hard to find.
Of course their message is just “West bad, Christmas bad.”
sh.itjust.works user posts on .world
“Is this a .ml thing?”
And yet…
And yet what? Finish the sentence, if it’s so obvious that it is implied?
And yet… “.ml users are here agreeing with it”?
Well, sure, but apparently so are non-.ml-users.
So what’s your point?
Nevermind: I don’t care to talk to stupid people.
Pretty sure that reflects more on you than any comment you’re trying to make.
Good luck on rooting out the secret Reds lurking behind every corner, trying to corrupt an impurify your precious bodily fluids.
It’s the truth. You think rampant consumerism isn’t creating consequences? Do you think personal purchases shouldn’t be held to moral standards?
Oh, do you not buy anything made in China?
Stupid people LOVE strawmen.
I do my absolute best I can to source anything I buy from countries that I know uphold labor standards. Beyond that, I also attempt to buy sustainably and especially from worker coops and union made goods.
So no, I don’t buy nothing from china(and other countries without strong labor laws). But I do buy very, very little from there, and only when there are no other options. Considering the only material goods I buy are bikes, Clothes, and food, it’s not the hardest.
The funny thing is that they think this is some grade A anti-capitalist porn, when all it really does is show how the countries that allow sweatshops are morally bankrupt.
And where are those sweatshops usually located?
Reddit is leaking…
How do you think you got here:)?
What is this supposed to mean? It seems to imply this is dismissable
A reference to /r/Im14andthisisdeep
Dismissable? 😂
It’s peak r/im14andthisisdeep moral porn. Zero nuance, all Weltverbesserer vibes and “look how enlightened because capitalism bad”.
No argument, just visual shorthand and emotional blackmail.
Feels profound for abt five seconds.
I went to look at your posts to see all the great content that you’ve provided to the community.
It looks like your high horse is pretty short.
That’s a great way to spend your Christmas holiday 🥰 you seem to be doing well. How many friends visited you today in your boyhood room 😂?
That’s a lot of words to say “I agree”
Dang, who hurt you?
Just block him and move on. Don’t get bothered about these people.
Plenty of people. It comes with the territory when you have a life ;)
Now go celebrate, and merry Christmas buddy!
Wait til you hear about gas prices going down.
Those kids get to play with hundreds of that toy? How unfair
For Kids. From Kids.
What is with all the agitprop posts today?
I guess Putin and Xi dont give their trolls the day off.
Good point let’s buy less from Xi
Reminds me of the Banksy Simpsons couch gag
They made that joke way earlier, and the actual animators were pissed about it:
The unicorn part always gets me
Ignore that. Don’t look at the violence of capitalism I use, let’s keep screaming about Ai and water or whatever.
I mean that’s all a part of the same conversation but okay.
