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daymanstepyesterday at 9:09 PM1 replyview on HN

Offshoring generally improves the lives of the people who get the offshored jobs. Usually foreign companies pay more and have better working conditions than the local companies.


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jmyeetyesterday at 10:46 PM

Yeah, that's a lie. It's propaganda.

Consider as just one example the lawsuit over child slavery against Nestle, etc [1]. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that Nestle can't be held responsible for the child slavery even though they have full knowledge of it happening. Go figure. In fact, that's what they pay for.

The whole shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh is incredibly dangerous for those involved and couldn't possibly be done in any developed nation.

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/12/m...