• secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I disagree with many of Trump’s policies, but his idea for tariff’s on Chinese goods is possibly a good one. There’s no way to get this stuff out of the supply chain. I’m terrified some of the things I bought from China are made with slave labor.

    How do I get slave labor out of my life?

    Up to 14 hours a day? That probably means 80 hours a week. I do 40 and that’s difficult. 80… With no choice… So awful!

    I don’t want to be a part of that.

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      2 days ago

      Trump just wants to bring the same to America. The problem for him is not slave labor, it’s that America is not doing enough of it to be able to compete with China.

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      And how exactly is it better if the same goods are made by American slaves in American factories? Trump is literally on the side of those who want to get rid of regulations, minimum wages and pretty much everything else that protects workers and consumers.

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        Also, if you have any ideas how to opt out of funding genocide, please let me know.

        Taxes are taken out of my paycheck. I do not know how to ask my employer to reduce my taxes to zero.

        Even if i leave the country, which would be hard to do as a somewhat poor person, the government would still imprison me if i don’t pay them.

        I could become just a begger or someone who works illegally to avoid the taint.

        I’ve also thought of just checking out of this world because it’s so terrible.

        I’m not really sure what you think I should do instead. Is there a box to check to easily opt out of laboring for a government that thinks it owns me, that I didn’t ask to be a part of?

        Just becauze I think slave labor is awful and think a tax on Chinese goods to help stop slave labor is good doesn’t mean that I support what is going on in Gaza. This planet is awful sometimes. I am mostly poor. What should I do?

        I recognize it’s a genocide at this point and war crimes are occurring. I am not a powerful or rich person. What should I do?