They have literally replaced machine parts with human parts. This is hardly the worst thing that the global economy has produced, but it should give you pause the next time you buy some cheap metal trinket from a big box store. Would you make people work this way? Because in a way every time we buy cheap crap from these factories we are in essence doing just that.

I assure you that the guys in this press are not making the lions share of the money from whatever it is they are producing, so it’s not like we are doing them any favors in keeping them in a dangerous shitty job. We should be pressuring our government to require fair wage, and fair labor practices in the countries of our trading partners. Until it becomes politically dangerous for congress people to support the current system of global trade, it simply wont stop.

I know its a lot to think about when all you want is a cheap flower pot, but that’s the world we live in.