a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by War
War  ·  3236 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Upheaval in the Factories of Juarez

It's crazy that I learned about this issue during my class over the winter. It's insane how these factories actually work. I'm gonna try to find the video we watched on this topic, but in it you see a lot of the damage these factories do both economically and environmentally. They target women to work in the factories, they fire anyone that unionizes, and the federal government provides little to no protection because of corruption. Stuff like this also makes you realize how much you feed into these systems (while I type this up on my samsung galaxy phone). Mass consumption of these goods just reinforces this,but many ofthese products have ingrained themselves in society and culture.