Lmao I got a Shen Yun advertisement when I opened the link up and YouTube put a banner up saying the video is funded by the Chinese government 
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Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.
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There is both video and photo evidence of their working conditions, including things like eating from a fucking bucket and working without proper equipment. In any abuse situation you don't trust just the victim given the conflict of interest but rather what is the evidence you can find on the actual scene.
Not only that this is a very shitty move, a shitty clueless PR move and its classic victim blaming, "oh how dare you shame our workers telling them they're being treated like slaves, have you considered their feelings" you say as you beat them with a leash?
There is no justification for confiscating their passports even, that is complete BS.
You should trust the Brazilian reporting on this, these violations are also against Brazilian labour law. They found them eating with little or no hygiene, sharing 1 bathroom/toilet for as many as 30 workers, sleeping in beds without mattress etc. Here for example, the shit beds and the "kitchen" the person says it looks like a open(fair) market, trust me this is slum like conditions.
I do not believe the US has any reason to be involved, because this is not an out of the blue move. The Brazilian authorities were notified 1 month ago, nothing was done until the government raid. There was even a working accident 3 weeks ago after the first reporting on their conditions, an amputated finger and a broken leg.
I can only say I'm sorry for them, I do not believe for a second you'd work 10h a day in conditions like that and then still turn around record a video like this.
I'll give a tip, don't mistake Chinese capitalists for principled Communists, fuck these assholes. Brazilian authorities caught them with the smoking gun.
Yeah this needs to be higher up. BYD isn't a communist organization, and this operation is happening outside of China, likely leading the execs at BYD to think they can get away with this kind of treatment. It's the same kind of playbook used in places like Dubai. Being pro China doesn't mean you need to be Pro Chinese Capitalist.
I'll give a tip, don't mistake Chinese capitalists for principled Communists, fuck these assholes
Yea I don't get what's so hard to understand about this, there's been such a rich history of Chinese capitalists being incredibly evil for decades. That's why so many of them get executed or jailed for life. I'm so close to being done with this site
Important context thank you.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
It's the biggest BYD factory outside China. Lula da Silva sold most lithium mining rights to China (Like Bolivia). I think this is the US (Ford and Tesla) angry at Brazil and China. The BYD representative said this was politically motivated.
Lmk when the US cares about slave conditions at Amazon
It depends on if it is true or not that they were holding passports. I would feel comfortable calling any workplace that holds your passport "slave-like". It's fair to be skeptical, but there's no non shady reason to do that if it's true.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: