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Originally Posted by Stormieweather
Would these people starve without these jobs? Maybe.
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I've yet to read any study that concludes anything other than a plummeting quality of life
after large corporations setup shop in developing countries and began employing locals for cheap labor. "Starving"? No. They may have not have made much/any money prior to the introduction of cheap labor, but it is often the case that they did not need it and their community/culture didn't rely on it.
After the introduction of the shop, though, they suddenly require money to survive thanks to the change in the local market. Not only that, but they have to work much harder and many more hours to achieve a similar life to what what they had before. I won't touch the topic of how to correctly handle this situation, but it is absolutely false to summarize the introduction of cheap labor shops into developing nations as "saving that population from starving".