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In reply to the discussion: Apple comes out and says it [View all]emulatorloo
(44,124 posts)10. DU is fundamentally dishonest on this issue. Where are the Samsung threads?
The Dell threads, the Microsoft threads, the Amazon threads, the Barnes & Noble threads etc etc.
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FOXCONN also manufactures amazon kindle, playstation3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii.
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#4
I have seen others, but fewer. Thanks for helping keep all these slave-masters in the light.
Scuba
Jan 2012
#30
Good point. Some times the best poster boy is the "untainted" "hip" company everyone loves
Leopolds Ghost
Jan 2012
#56
The reason there is not so much outrage about the other corporations doing the same thing
Muskypundit
Jan 2012
#24
And only Apple has massive profit margins that our generation pays without question.
tridim
Jan 2012
#35
So Samsung, Amazon, Dell get a free pass because somebody told you they liked their iPod?
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#73
I don't recall entire websites dedicated to HP, with fans running around the internet...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#47
I'm not here to "justify" Apple. I am here to learn how DU'ers "justify" denying the larger issue
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#71
DU is fundamentally dishonest on this issue. Where are the Samsung threads?
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#10
Brent, your speciality is putting words in other people's mouths and creating Strawman
emulatorloo
Jan 2012
#68
The situtation is very complex. However, complacency will not resolve the situation.
think
Jan 2012
#22
Tariffs?!! NOOooo!!! The free market is our only true path to prosperity!!
RufusTFirefly
Jan 2012
#33
If your business model relies on slave labor you should not be in business n/t
me b zola
Jan 2012
#53
When one corporation is allowed to use slave labor, and use labor controls that are crimes,
fasttense
Jan 2012
#54
Only labor tariffs can solve this issue. And only a country ruled by middle/working class can do so!
Leopolds Ghost
Jan 2012
#57
Apple executives say that using Slaves, at this point, is their only option
thelordofhell
Jan 2012
#61