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ohnoyoudidnt

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2. Of course, how else could they amass over $80 billion.
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 01:31 PM
Jan 2012

Not by paying Americans real wages and benefits to make their products.

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
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