Loopholes in laws, owners that give no fucks, and most importantly, people that are still willing to work in those conditions, are what's keeping sweatshop conditions from improving to acceptable standards. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Unless change comes from the workers within, sweatshops will still be going strong.
If their wages were raised, then they wouldn't need to work in sweat shops.
How would it help them if we suddenly stopped buying from them
some of them could be borderline bankrupt and the sudden shortage could put them on the streets
but the real reply to what you said
".. Duh?"
You're acting like nobody is boycotting now, and one day a billion of people will start. It's gradual, and once the factory owners realize this, figuring out that it's getting worse, they'd do some research, and perhaps figure it out.
And if you agree, wouldn't you agree that it would inter fear with any sort of education whether it be formal or home schooled?
If we show the workers a working solution, then they'll accept it. That solution is to show the Chinese government that we want change, and if no action is taken, then a boycott on a larger scale will occur.
You're acting like nobody is boycotting now, and one day a billion of people will start. It's gradual, and once the factory owners realize this, figuring out that it's getting worse, they'd do some research, and perhaps figure it out.
And if you agree, wouldn't you agree that it would inter fear with any sort of education whether it be formal or home schooled?
-poor families cannot afford education for their children or have any other career choices
They could be home schooled, but the labour takes the time out of it.
-corrupted company owners who don't care Let's force them and risk their networth if they don't do anything.
-higher wages would destroy all the jobs there because it would tip the balance of production costs Walmart already underprices their stuff, and underpays the Chinese workers.
-the poor families would have no other source of income and therefore must work in these positions Slightly raising the wages and helping the conditions can help solve this.
I think these points lead to an endless cycle which cannot be broken.
It's a catch 22, raising wages would be a humanitarian move but then all the jobs disappear. The company owners don't care for the workers and don't care for improving working conditions most likely due to increased cost.
but once the owners notice the profit loss and start laying people off, you're jeopardizing the lives of those people
also not sure what you're trying to ask on the 2nd part
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The sweat shops would take away time, and exhaust them too much to give them an education.
Why would they ever raise wages? There's no profit to be made; owners just don't care and there's no way of changing them.
How could you even force them to raise wages? They'd just laugh and ignore you. But let's be honest, if lots of us protest and stop, then yeah, they'll lose business.
Once people have living and financial conditions that are bad enough, they don't care how bad their working and pay conditions are as long as it'll get them through to the next day. You think the poor can afford to strike or go on rebellions? All the employers have to do is fire them on the spot and hire people who are even more desperate for work. They know they can do it too; with such a huge population base, they won't need to go very far to find cheap replacements. Remember, people can only get so desperate.
Wouldn't you agree that basic education is a right?
depends on what you mean by basic
They already have basic education for sure
Loop, remember that the people there don't even have the same rights we do and the same mindsets that we do. They're too busy trying to find enough money for food for the next day that they wouldn't be thinking about work reform.
That's how revolutions and rebellions are quelled by dictators; you starve people and they'll be too focused on survival to care for anything else.