• TheBeege@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So how does that relate to the original point…? The investment in and use of Chinese labor wasn’t happening during our grandparents’ generation, which is what we’re alluding to.

    I haven’t tracked Chinese history very well. I don’t know when the poverty reducing occurred in relation to the markets opening up. Intuition suggests the market opening up is what reduced poverty, but I’ll see later if I can find data to corroborate that.

    But I think China is subject to similar problems. Now that several areas of China are well industrialized, will the CCP ensure workers aren’t abused? Unfortunately, I anticipate it won’t. Given that the CCP doesn’t permit serious criticism, there’s no feedback loop for improvement. I’m hoping I’m wrong.