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Buckeye_Democrat

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22. It will never be totally effective, but government...
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 01:10 PM
Nov 2020

... has better resources and manpower to keep tabs on both domestic and overseas issues. This country has used the carrot and stick many times regarding wrongdoing in other countries.

It's indeed not easy. Corporations even in this country hide problems all the time. There was a massive explosion at a company where I used to work, the result of a manager shutting off an LEL (lower explosive limit) monitor because he felt the alarms and shut-downs were slowing down production too much. It was truly a miracle that nobody was killed or even injured by fire or the heavy access doors blowing off the oven. (An oven about as big as a football field.) So the managers rushed outside to meet the local fire department, telling them it was a minor incident under control... and that's what the fire department reported as well. Then everyone was warned to shut their mouths or face consequences, and that's what happened too. (If anyone was actually hurt, I doubt the workers would've complied.)

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I don't, not that all the choices are significantly better. LisaM Nov 2020 #1
I have long said "every dollar is a vote. vote for the world you want." ret5hd Nov 2020 #7
Let's face it...really...if you buy products at all... ret5hd Nov 2020 #2
This. obnoxiousdrunk Nov 2020 #3
Very true ripcord Nov 2020 #6
If you buy pretty much anything, you're part of a problem. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #4
tech, shoes, food..... its all brought to market by slaves or wage slaves. NightWatcher Nov 2020 #16
Are there any smartphones not assembled by a contract electronics manufacture? Klaralven Nov 2020 #5
Samsung, mostly sir pball Nov 2020 #26
Is it better that these workers lose their jobs? Boycotting isn't a going to make things better IMO Doodley Nov 2020 #8
I hate to say it, but I think Apple's products are slipping as well. BKDem Nov 2020 #9
But... but... I got a great deal last year on the 11! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #10
I don't own any Apple products, but I'm not sure that MineralMan Nov 2020 #11
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. Initech Nov 2020 #12
We need better government regulations and oversight. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #14
We can only effectively regulate and oversee things in our own MineralMan Nov 2020 #18
It will never be totally effective, but government... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #22
How do you enforce that in other countries though? Initech Nov 2020 #19
I don't know for sure ripcord Nov 2020 #15
Some people who buy Apple products know those things. MineralMan Nov 2020 #20
Please tell us what phone you use. Codeine Nov 2020 #24
Your Samsung was assembled by Samsung, in Vietnam, under conditions just as bad as Foxconn sir pball Nov 2020 #27
Yes, I suppose so. MineralMan Nov 2020 #28
Oh, absolutely. sir pball Nov 2020 #32
Actually there are ripcord Nov 2020 #34
Where can you buy a Sony Cell Phone MineralMan Nov 2020 #36
Just go to Best Buy ripcord Nov 2020 #37
Tell us where the computer you're writing this on was manufactured. brooklynite Nov 2020 #13
Yes, along with every component in that computer. MineralMan Nov 2020 #21
I was thinking apple juice and apple sauce. honest.abe Nov 2020 #17
Those same factories make every cell phone on earth. Codeine Nov 2020 #23
Regulation and punitive fines from the government are much more effective than any boycott. aidbo Nov 2020 #25
Apple builds good stuff Steelrolled Nov 2020 #29
Like most old timers, I grew up with IBM/Windows/Dos. Baked Potato Nov 2020 #30
If you buy literal apples you are part of the problem maxsolomon Nov 2020 #31
It's been a while since we've had a good "I hate Apple and so should you" post brooklynite Nov 2020 #33
Ah, normalcy has returned. Wanna fight about breastfeeding pit bull puppies at Olive Garden? NightWatcher Nov 2020 #35
Face it. Americans are CHEAP and SHALLOW. Not to mention LAZY. not_the_one Nov 2020 #38
I'm sure they're all evil, but I couldn't take the backward improvement and moved on. ffr Nov 2020 #39
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