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> There is no slavery on Foxconn plants[..]

While it's not slavery in the traditional way, it sure is when you pay workers virtually nothing for a product that's overpriced.

Think a situtation where you'd be an administrator for Amazon and you're getting $10/day just because you live in <x> country, while your other _only_ option is to - as you said - "go away and grow some rice".

While this is a completely legal action, would you say that it's also ethical?

But no, whenever a f*cked up situation is not near our own precious asses, it doesn't matter. They can go out and grow some rice.

[mcphage]

The workers who manufacture the iPhones aren't Apple employees. They're Foxconn employees, and Apple doesn't really have much control over how much they get paid. I mean sure, they could say "here's an extra Billion, make sure that the workers who build the iPhones get these"; I'm sure Foxconn would take it, but who knows where it would go from there.

[konmik]

If the average salary in my country would be $1 I would be happy to get that $10 from Amazon. I live in a country where average salary is about $500, I know what I'm talking about. And yes, if things will become really bad I will prefer to live in the village with my mother and grow potatoes rather than committing a suicide. :D