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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 27 Apr 2017

    Opinion: Do sweatshops lift workers out of poverty? http://nyti.ms/2pDGXkp pic.twitter.com/7gdZH1K75j

    12:10 PM - 27 Apr 2017
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      2. Shawn Lon‏ @ShawnSTOM777 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Does working at Walmart lift you out of poverty?

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      3. Tim S.‏ @Tim_Standaert 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ShawnSTOM777 @nytimes

        Only if your last name is Walton.

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      2.  👠 👞  👡 {{{Shoe Thrower}}}  👞  👢 👟‏ @shoe_thrower 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        No, but they do boost Ivanka's bottom line.

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      1. Kate‏ @kakie26 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        A question only an oligarchic-accepting society could ask.

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      2. Alex Fux‏ @ghaleonmagicemp 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        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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      3. Alex Fux‏ @ghaleonmagicemp 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ghaleonmagicemp @nytimes

        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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      4. Alex Fux‏ @ghaleonmagicemp 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ghaleonmagicemp @nytimes

        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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      5. Alex Fux‏ @ghaleonmagicemp 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ghaleonmagicemp @nytimes

        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...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Kate‏ @kakie26 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ghaleonmagicemp @nytimes

        Alex- the question was "Does it lift people out of poverty." That's very different than just having a "lesser evil" job.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. Alex Fux‏ @ghaleonmagicemp 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @kakie26 @nytimes

        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

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. Alex Fux‏ @ghaleonmagicemp 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ghaleonmagicemp @kakie26 @nytimes

        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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      9. Alex Fux‏ @ghaleonmagicemp 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @ghaleonmagicemp @kakie26 @nytimes

        nation, they are prospering. Granted, what prospering in a 3rd world country vs prospering in the US is vastly different.

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      1. Catherine Hargrove‏ @realvoter236 27 Apr 2017
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        Let's ask @IvankaTrump since the clothes for her business are made in one?

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      2. Riot 4 Freedom  🏴‏ @autonomousland 27 Apr 2017
        Replying to @nytimes

        Does slavery​ feed and house people? @nytimes asks the tough questions! Lol.

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      1. DSA Bee‏ @DSA_Bee 27 Apr 2017
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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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      1. aquart‏ @aquart 27 Apr 2017
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        No, unions do. Thank you, ILGWU, for organizing my grandmother's sweatshop.

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      1. Evangeline Johnson‏ @Vannejo 27 Apr 2017
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        That's kind of like saying sharecroppers became rich farming.

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