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And than? The whole system depends on cheap supply of goods. Look what happend during the lookdown in China And it's not people want cheap stuff, most only can afford cheap stuff. Money is a finite source, the more some people have, the less have others.



We can get cheaper goods from other developing nations


Lower quality or equal worse human rights. You need a lot of man power and environmental ignorance to feed our needs.


China became a synonym of low quality, whereas Vietnam has an experience of being production hub for Nokia in a best company's years. Also, there are few countries where situation with human rights worse than in China. In India and Vietnam it is definitely better.


We buy a lot more than what we need, and typically disposable versions of that stuff.




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