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human
I believe sweat shops are not a bad thing. CMV

I believe opposition to and calls to boycott companies that use cheap labour in developing countries are misguided and rely on emotional arguments. Of course, it is absolutely horrible that people have to work in pretty much medieval conditions, especially children, who are pretty much missing their chance to have a "real childhood". As a relatively privileged guy from a relatively developed country, I am even disgusted to defend this practice. But the key phrase is that they *have to* do it. Not because they are forced, but because if they wouldn't, then what choice would they have? They would either be unemployed or work even worse jobs (eg prostitution), in which cases they would only be worse off. 


Besides, what alternatives would the companies have? Move their operations to a country with stricter work laws? That would leave both the company and the workers worse off. Invest more in HR? Then the product prices would rise too much for the buyers and again, the workers would end up unemployed. Just throw resources at the country until it develops enough so there would be no more third world and the entire world would be a happy place with a large middle class? Not really feasible and not the private companies' job (although I do believe that colonization and decolonization are at fault for making parts of the world a horrible place to live in and they should be compensated for).
gpt
>But the key phrase is that they have to do it. Not because they are forced, but because if they wouldn't, then what choice would they have? They would either be unemployed or work even worse jobs (eg prostitution), in which cases they would only be worse off.

This is called coersion. They are not literally forced to work there, but the other option is to be a prostitute. Seems like compromised concent to me.

>Besides, what alternatives would the companies have? Move their operations to a country with stricter work laws? That would leave both the company and the workers worse off

Pay the same people a livable wage and establish healthy working conditions?