I do not wish to be dismissive, but if this is anything like the Nike slave labour thread, I can save us some time. Freddie Threepwood takes a hard stance against slave labour and those who benefit from it, I’m unable to reconcile my negative feelings toward slave labour and my admiration of skaters like BA, Ishod, etc., so I ambivalently admit I’m probably a part of the problem, four people call it a CIA ruse, others try to justify it because other economic superpowers have used slavery to get ahead, some people say they will buy New Balance because they’re (mostly) made in Vietnam, a few people wonder if athletes who have ancestors who were enslaved feel conflicted about their sponsors, some suggest boycotting companies that use slave labour, others insist boycotts achieve nothing, and the whole thing is peppered with a bleating chorus of “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.”
Am I missing anything?