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2banon

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72. You're welcome, I thought it was really well done too.

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:23 PM

Jan 2012

I learned some things about how these electronics are manufactured there, generally speaking. Though I gotta say, trying to wrap my brain around the size of Foxcomm's factory, and the tens of thousands of people working, sleeping there was really seriously challenging. I don't own an iphone or droid simply because I can't afford it, not just the product but the monthly cost of service for anything more than just a basic mobile phone service. But I would have been be an owner/user if my income had allowed for it all, without giving a thought to what manufacturing the product involved. As it is, I do use a samsung mobile, and a small LCD tv. Gonna have to seriously think about the sources of these products in the future.

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Apple comes out and says it [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

Apple loves slaves. nt valerief Jan 2012 #1

Of course, how else could they amass over $80 billion. ohnoyoudidnt Jan 2012 #2

FOXCONN also manufactures amazon kindle, playstation3, XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii. emulatorloo Jan 2012 #4

Right. Apple and other U.S. corporations love slaves. nt valerief Jan 2012 #5

Not just US. Taiwan, Finland, Switzerland, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden emulatorloo Jan 2012 #7

Yes. Apple and other corporations love slaves. nt valerief Jan 2012 #9

Ever seen a Du thread about any of those other corps? emulatorloo Jan 2012 #11

Yes, that makes Apple less guilty, I suppose. I just don't understand how. nt valerief Jan 2012 #12

Don't put words in my mouth. emulatorloo Jan 2012 #13

I'm waiting for your explanation. No, actually, I don't care. valerief Jan 2012 #17

How many FOXCONN products do you own and use? emulatorloo Jan 2012 #20

Their shit is in everything. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #60

Precisely Sherman A1 Jan 2012 #32

I have seen others, but fewer. Thanks for helping keep all these slave-masters in the light. Scuba Jan 2012 #30

Tenth worker at iPad factory commits suicide ObServer2012 Feb 2012 #76

Xbox 360 assembly workers in China threaten mass suicide emulatorloo Feb 2012 #78

Isn't that the company where the employees threatened mass suicide if they 1monster Jan 2012 #27

Difference lies in how Apple and fanbois present the company. TheMadMonk Jan 2012 #36

Good point. Some times the best poster boy is the "untainted" "hip" company everyone loves Leopolds Ghost Jan 2012 #56

Textbook case of Apple Derangement Syndrome emulatorloo Jan 2012 #64

Early Apple Fan, but dumped as it went more and more proprietary. TheMadMonk Jan 2012 #69

80 billion of unpaid labor. harun Jan 2012 #46

iSlaves KurtNYC Jan 2012 #74

Deplorable. FOXCONN major clients emulatorloo Jan 2012 #3

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

Seems rather hypocritical. emulatorloo Jan 2012 #67

People who own the other items Confusious Jan 2012 #26

So Samsung, Amazon, Dell get a free pass because somebody told you they liked their iPod? emulatorloo Jan 2012 #73

The squeaky wheel gets the oil Confusious Jan 2012 #75

I don't recall entire websites dedicated to HP, with fans running around the internet... joshcryer Jan 2012 #47

I guess that means HP doesn't use FOXCONN then? emulatorloo Jan 2012 #65

Nah, more that Apple is the largest "feel good" consumer of Foxconn. joshcryer Jan 2012 #70

I'm not here to "justify" Apple. I am here to learn how DU'ers "justify" denying the larger issue emulatorloo Jan 2012 #71

America's military protects the corporations that outsource our jobs think Jan 2012 #6

OH NOES! Everything is Apple's fault! Atman Jan 2012 #8

DU is fundamentally dishonest on this issue. Where are the Samsung threads? emulatorloo Jan 2012 #10

Why aren't you posting them? nt valerief Jan 2012 #16

I am not your research assistant emulatorloo Jan 2012 #19

I did the research for you brentspeak Jan 2012 #50

Brent, your speciality is putting words in other people's mouths and creating Strawman emulatorloo Jan 2012 #68

Nice red herring response. HuckleB Feb 2012 #81

EXACTLY!!! HuckleB Feb 2012 #79

Correct the blame needs to be shared by all the multinational corporations think Jan 2012 #14

Exactly. Atman Jan 2012 #25

+1,000,000,000,000 HuckleB Feb 2012 #80

Then all of the execs should be required to live in China. Ilsa Jan 2012 #15

If we're brutally honest, it's "we love slaves" caraher Jan 2012 #18

The situtation is very complex. However, complacency will not resolve the situation. think Jan 2012 #22

+1 dreamnightwind Jan 2012 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #23

Yup. HuckleB Feb 2012 #82

"efficiency" = "how can we justify our psychopathy" Odin2005 Jan 2012 #21

Only our government can stop this MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #28

Tariffs?!! NOOooo!!! The free market is our only true path to prosperity!! RufusTFirefly Jan 2012 #33

Apple's competitors ALL undercut Apple's pricing. tridim Jan 2012 #37

Apple's Airbooks cost the same as the Samsung equivalent emulatorloo Jan 2012 #39

It isn't a canard, it is a fact. tridim Jan 2012 #42

Who pays retail? emulatorloo Jan 2012 #66

That doesn't provide any reference point comparison quakerboy Feb 2012 #83

Forget tariffs. ChadwickHenryWard Jan 2012 #43

I think we need to ban them here, as well MannyGoldstein Jan 2012 #44

I too have worked such jobs. ChadwickHenryWard Jan 2012 #49

Seen that too I had a friend who worked as a 'sub contractor' at a warehouse lunasun Feb 2012 #77

Article from Alternet vis a vis Apple kurtzapril4 Jan 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Jan 2012 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Atman Jan 2012 #38

What about HTC? Blacksheep214 Jan 2012 #34

Sniff. Leave Apple Alone..... marmar Jan 2012 #40

Story on This American Life this past week.. really well done. 2banon Jan 2012 #41

Thank you so much for posting that. ChadwickHenryWard Jan 2012 #48

You're welcome, I thought it was really well done too. 2banon Jan 2012 #72

Listening now. progressoid Jan 2012 #51

Thanks for the link. unapatriciated Jan 2012 #58

If Apple is beholden to overseas, that's not necessarily good for Apple usrname Jan 2012 #45

A biscuit and a cup of tea. MADem Jan 2012 #52

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

American prison labor Blacksheep214 Jan 2012 #55

Only labor tariffs can solve this issue. And only a country ruled by middle/working class can do so! Leopolds Ghost Jan 2012 #57

kick Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #59

Apple executives say that using Slaves, at this point, is their only option thelordofhell Jan 2012 #61

Great article about global capitalism dreamnightwind Jan 2012 #62

At some point quakerboy Feb 2012 #84