05-28-2010, 12:48 PM
I hope this doesn't get sent to the other side, but people get upset because, say an oil leak harms the eco system.
They get upset because of animal cruelty....
But they don't give a rats rear end about terrible working conditions in China, plus they can't seem to couple that with the exportation of our industries.
The moral cost of doing the right thing would of course be to build the damn things here and pay a little more to buy the iPhone/iPod/iMac and so on.
Just saying....but that Apple make 28% profit margins rather than 24% and that the iPhone costs $199 instead of $269 at AT&T is just so much more important than some Chinese peasants taking a dive...
They get upset because of animal cruelty....
But they don't give a rats rear end about terrible working conditions in China, plus they can't seem to couple that with the exportation of our industries.
The moral cost of doing the right thing would of course be to build the damn things here and pay a little more to buy the iPhone/iPod/iMac and so on.
Just saying....but that Apple make 28% profit margins rather than 24% and that the iPhone costs $199 instead of $269 at AT&T is just so much more important than some Chinese peasants taking a dive...