sweatshops are _____ than the absence of sweatshops
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If the alternative is prostitution or no opportunity for work, yeah it’s better relatively.
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Voluntary (as in no force is used to get people to work at them) sweatshops yes, involuntary ones (as in people are forced with the threat of violence to work in them) no. There are some involuntary sweatshops in China, particularly in the peeled garlic industry.
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as long as labor is voluntary/noncoercive, how can you blame someone for where they choose to work?
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People are already voluntarily choosing sweatshops over the alternatives. There wouldn't be any sweatshops otherwise.
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What are called "sweatshops" are a necessary stage of industrialization, where labor is cheaper than machines.
The freer the market, the shorter the time such "sweatshops" exist as the society accumulates capital and becomes more productive using machines than labor.
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Define sweatshops? Activist definition used to degrade economic entrant manufacturing for low cost at low quality. Portraying it workers as exploited without any consideration of choice or availability of options. Fledgling emerging economies.
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Better, assuming all else is equal. Better yet would be open immigration for more competitive global labor markets, which would improve wages and working conditions.
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