Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoPublic transit in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 vs Chengdu, China 🇨🇳 lemmy.worldimagemessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1850
arrow-up1850imagePublic transit in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 vs Chengdu, China 🇨🇳 lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square297fedilink
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWait until you see the absolute dog shit they are building in the US right now for 4x the cost in China
minus-squaregurnu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoEasy to build cheaply when you use slave labor
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI mean… https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/united-states/ https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/china/ 3.3 slaves per thousand people vs 4.0 per thousand seems very similar to me.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoYou have to adjust for labour costs. For reasons that have to do with certain industries not existing in the third world, it’s much higher in the West.
Wait until you see the absolute dog shit they are building in the US right now for 4x the cost in China
Easy to build cheaply when you use slave labor
I mean…
https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/united-states/
https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studies/china/
3.3 slaves per thousand people vs 4.0 per thousand seems very similar to me.
You have to adjust for labour costs. For reasons that have to do with certain industries not existing in the third world, it’s much higher in the West.