Comments on: We hate Apple now. Or do we? http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=512 An occasional journal of ideas and work by Michael Fitzgerald Fri, 15 May 2026 07:02:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Michael http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=512#comment-369414 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:55:55 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=512#comment-369414 Dan, These are really interesting comments. The poignant comment about subsistence agriculture is I think misguided -- farmers deal in commodities that everywhere are low in profits (though the Fair Trade movement is trying to address this for some kinds of commodities). Apple and Foxconn make massive profits off labor arbitrage. Thanks for sharing. Michael Dan,
These are really interesting comments. The poignant comment about subsistence agriculture is I think misguided — farmers deal in commodities that everywhere are low in profits (though the Fair Trade movement is trying to address this for some kinds of commodities). Apple and Foxconn make massive profits off labor arbitrage.

Thanks for sharing.
Michael

]]> by: dan bloom http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=512#comment-369406 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:18:40 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=512#comment-369406 NYT publishes Chinese translation of story about workers who make Apple products Steve Myers | Jan. 26, 2012 The New York Times The New York Times has published a Chinese translation of its story about worker conditions inside the Chinese factories that make Apple products. “The goal was twofold: to share the content of the article… Read more NYT publishes Chinese translation of story about workers who make Apple products
Steve Myers | Jan. 26, 2012
The New York Times
The New York Times has published a Chinese translation of its story about worker conditions inside the Chinese factories that make Apple products. “The goal was twofold: to share the content of the article… Read more

]]> by: dan bloom http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=512#comment-369405 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:17:52 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=512#comment-369405 http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/chinese-readers-on-the-ieconomy/?hp -- Below are some of the hundreds of comments about the Chinese article that were posted on Caixin’s Web site and on Weibo.com, a Chinese microblogging Web site, and other Chinese social media platforms. These comments were collected and translated by Wang Qidi, Cathy Chang and Bao Beibei. I read this story and I’m saddened. It’s not only Apple that should be blamed, but also the system that tolerates its existence. Made-in-China should not be synonymous with the blood and sacrifice of young lives. — Evita When local governments are trying to attract new investments to their regions, they always emphasize the low-cost labor in their areas. How pathetic! — Jiangsu By the way, construction workers and farmers are also living a harsh life in China, shall we also boycott housing and grains? — Zhou Zhimei http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/chinese-readers-on-the-ieconomy/?hp

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Below are some of the hundreds of comments about the Chinese article
that were posted on Caixin’s Web site and on Weibo.com, a Chinese
microblogging Web site, and other Chinese social media platforms.
These comments were collected and translated by Wang Qidi, Cathy Chang
and Bao Beibei.

I read this story and I’m saddened. It’s not only Apple that should be
blamed, but also the system that tolerates its existence.
Made-in-China should not be synonymous with the blood and sacrifice of
young lives. — Evita

When local governments are trying to attract new investments to their
regions, they always emphasize the low-cost labor in their areas. How
pathetic! — Jiangsu

By the way, construction workers and farmers are also living a harsh
life in China, shall we also boycott housing and grains? — Zhou Zhimei

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