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Is Communism good?
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Yes 375 66.25%
No 191 33.75%
Total: 523 votes
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shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe
The thing I question about labor practices under capitalism as it currently stands is this: capitalism will basically seek any tiny advantage by its very nature, and if exploited humans are the pinnacle of "cheap robotics" then that is the direction the market will take. But how much more expensive on a per-iPad basis really WOULD it be to implement fullest possible automation + a few workers at Western wages throughout the entire supply chain? Americans mine certain minerals and assemble certain widgets that are affordable to Americans, so are all those foreign workers just suffering to bump the margins a little on some amoral business?

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