[theBuckwheat]

As horrible as this is, people come to work in the factories because it is an improvement over life back on the family plot.

[cicero2k]

250 years ago our ancestors were going to Nigeria to buy slaves. We owed them more dignity, i.e. freedom than was granted. I think that even without the dignity most were better off picking cotton in LA than having a spear thrown at them in Nigeria. That is, their life expectancy was greater as slaves than as free Nigerians.

[knarf]

Unchecked factoid that sounds right ...

Just about everything in America is "hand made"

[BfloGuy]

Yeah, it would be much better if we don't let them work. Then they can turn to prostitution or garbage collection -- the hours are better.

Those countries are poor. We didn't end child labor because we were so much more enlightened than the rest of the world. We did it because we'd become wealthy enough that we could get along without their labor -- and feed them at the same time.

[SaxxonWoods]

When I was young I helped build a lot of things for others that couldn’t afford. I guess I should have occupied instead, or something.

[central_va]

Whether you are for this or against this practice the net savings to the consumer is around 10%, at the most. An I-Phone made in the USA would only cost 10% more than the Chinese slave built model.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Cool. Thanks kids! I love my iPhones.