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Use of Forced Labor "Systemic" In Malaysian IT Manufacturing
itwbennett (1594911) writes "The use of forced labor is so prevalent in the Malaysian electronics manufacturing industry that there is hardly a major brand name that isn't touched by the illegal practice, according to a report funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and undertaken by Verité, a nonprofit organization focused on labor issues. The two-year study surveyed more than 500 migrant workers at around 200 companies in Malaysia's IT manufacturing sector and found one in three were working under conditions of forced labor."
It's the goal of socialism. When you work for money and the state then confiscates a portion of that money for their own uses,that's effective slavery. You are working for them without choice. Socialism makes EVERYONE who works a slave to the state.
Capitalism is about freedom of choice and freedom of trade. If anything, people are slaves to nature - we must feed and clothe ourselves. That's nothing to do with capitalism though.
Actually that is a common myth. The Republicans of Lincoln who fought for the principles of freedom is the same today. The difference is that a key Democrat switch from being an outright racist in the 1960's to being a social welfare Democrat which gave them enough votes to get some power. The group that changed was the Democrats, for power, not the Republicans. But the myth goes on.