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[–] porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

yes we do. we demand money and offer that the only way they can make it is by exploitation.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure who the "we" in this situation is, but I'm not demanding anything from them. They're selling shit and I'm buying. I'm not demanding products from them.

[–] porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m buying

consumers are responsible for what they consume. pay and forget doesn't work

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You said "we demand money", that's what I'm replying to. I (nor you in the comment I was replying to) didn't say anything about responsibility.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

we demand money and offer that the only way they can make it is by exploitation.

This is the opposite of outsourcing labor.

[–] porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

lets say america finds the cure for cancer, they only accept dollars. you have to get those dollars. welcome to the global trade.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

None of this has anything to do with outsourcing labor other than that you'll have way more dollars than if you were a subsistence farmer.

[–] porcariasagrada@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago

outsourcing labor

if americans are using their time to find the cure for cancer someone has to produce food, someone has to mine the copper, someone has to etc... exploitation, the outsourcing of exploitation is a given in a capitalist system. if you are a subsistence farmer no cure for cancer for you in a capitalist system.