I'm a bit stupid when it comes to economics. And don't know where to begin learning. But is it even possible to have a product made that is 'affordable' to us without the use of some nasty underpaid labor being involved?
Not backing slave labor btw. We mostly grow up in a world where a large amount of goods in front of us are products of both land/environment and people being heavily exploited.
It makes me feel helpless and I have yet to come to a conclusion about how to tackle this.
It was, from post-war until the flight overseas for higher profits. All skate stuff, Nike’s included were US made until the late 80’s.
Remember seeing ‘Union-made’ on labels? That was a selling point-it meant the workers got a decent wage, and presumably made their stuff with pride.
What we have not is not some inescapable law of nature, it was designed like this by humans, to profit (a small minority of) humans, and it can be improved on by humans.
So does this mean we have to cancel everyone that rides for Nike/Adidas?
No. We go to the root, and cancel capitalism