Does working at Walmart lift you out of poverty?
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Only if your last name is Walton.
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No, but they do boost Ivanka's bottom line.
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A question only an oligarchic-accepting society could ask.
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Okay, now I did a lot of research into this back in school and I struggled with this very question and it comes down to alternatives.
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If there is a legitimate way for someone to make money in their country they will do it. If the best they can do is that kind of labor and
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they are better off for it, I see it as a win. The alrernitive for the workers is what? Prostitution or child soldier? In that sense, I
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see it as the lesser of two evils. I would like to see safer conditions and better pay but I'll take what I can get in this day and age...
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Alex- the question was "Does it lift people out of poverty." That's very different than just having a "lesser evil" job.
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Well said. With that in mind I pose that poverty depends on where you live. We would need to compare what people make in those countries
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both in and out of factories to get a real answer. If they are better off in the factories and are able to live better than others in that
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nation, they are prospering. Granted, what prospering in a 3rd world country vs prospering in the US is vastly different.
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Does slavery feed and house people?
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Spoilers: No. They do not. Factory owners will pay as little as they can get away with. Only workers standing together can lift themselves.
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No, unions do. Thank you, ILGWU, for organizing my grandmother's sweatshop.
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That's kind of like saying sharecroppers became rich farming.
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