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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

As I asked in the other thread, also: who pays the price for this quality of life?

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Depending where you shop, no one really.

A lot of manufacturing is still actually done in the EU, unlike the USA. I can buy all basics for example (clothes, food, kitchenware, cleaning supplies, shoes, etc) in Finland also made in Finland.

[–] Ruigaard@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 hours ago

You could definitely buy a lot European, though I know from my line of work (sustainability consultant for (mostly retail) companies), that a lot of supply chains run to China.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -1 points 7 hours ago

The raw materials? The damage to the body from working those jobs? I'm sorry it's just not realistic.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Our own Trump, Musk etc.

We don't have them (yet).

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Our global South and Asian neighbors? Migrant workers? Our impoverished working class?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Jealous 😛😊? You shouldn't be, copy us instead.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 hour ago

My state already engages in brutal necessary resource extraction from our neighbors, while selling their own resources back to them for much more than we pay or "invest," domestically and abroad, like the rest of the global West. Just because some residents get more where they reside doesn't mean those states aren't directly and indirectly engaged in the same practices.