Do you think it is better to work in a sweatshop than to be unemployed?

[PatientGrasshopper]

If it was the only job you could get and the country's economy depended on it wouldn't it better to work in a sweatshop than not at all? Also, do should the United States get involved in those countries affairs or leave them alone?

Edit:
I think the bigger crime is the way the US outsources labor that could be done by their own citizens. It is because our minimum wage mandates companies pay people a certain amount, when companies don't want to do that they send the work overseas. In the end it benefits those other countries but hurts us domestically.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Only depends on what I got paid, if it was fair for the work then sure if not than no.(in your hypothetical situation)

But personally I really wouldn't I'm already past the manual labor stage of my work career (in reality)

 

[Mr. Payne]

In said situation, I would steal play-doh and blow up thingss important to the grandmaster dictator.

 

[PatientGrasshopper]

In said situation, I would steal play-doh and blow up thingss important to the grandmaster dictator.

So you'd risk going to jail and then you wouldn't be able to provide for your family?

 

[black lincon]

I would learn how to pick-pocket. Sweatshops are one step away from slave labor.

 

[PatientGrasshopper]

I would learn how to pick-pocket. Sweatshops are one step away from slave labor.

It seems everyone is actually dodging the real question, OK it is almost slave labor but is it better than no job at all?

 

[Mr. Payne]

In said situation, I would steal play-doh and blow up thingss important to the grandmaster dictator.

So you'd risk going to jail and then you wouldn't be able to provide for your family?

What family? Oh and id plant my house with triplines that had a webcam hacked into said dictators dictator TV megaline and it would say "If this guy deis in any way, start a revolt"

 

[black lincon]

I would learn how to pick-pocket. Sweatshops are one step away from slave labor.

It seems everyone is actually dodging the real question, OK it is almost slave labor but is it better than no job at all?

I don't think I'm ignoring the question. I said I would learn to pick-pocket meaning I would take up another, albeit illegal, profession instead. Meaning no, I wouldn't work in a sweatshop.
EDIT: Sorry, I quoted the wrong person.

 

[Zac_Dai]

Go unemployed and find more opportunist ways to make money. Also why should I give a shit about the economy if the only decent job was near slave labour?

 

[PatientGrasshopper]

I only stopped by to say that you misspelled unemployed.

Oh thanks I have fixed it now, I don't know why my spell check didn't catch it.

I would learn how to pick-pocket. Sweatshops are one step away from slave labor.

It seems everyone is actually dodging the real question, OK it is almost slave labor but is it better than no job at all?

I don't think I'm ignoring the question. I said I would learn to pick-pocket meaning I would take up another, albeit illegal, profession instead. Meaning no, I wouldn't work in a sweatshop.
EDIT: Sorry, I quoted the wrong person.

OK, but what I was asking was given a choice between the two which would be better? However I guess your answer does bring up a valid discussion. Oh and sorry if I can off a bit harsh about it.
Also in response to your answer in a country where they have sweatshops,pick pocketing wouldn't make much unless you go to tourist hang outs.

 

[hypothetical fact]

It is better for the country to work in a sweatshop and if there is no welfare scheme it is better for the person.

 

[Dele]

If it was the only job you could get and the country's economy depended on it wouldn't it better to work in a sweatshop than not at all? Also, do should the United States get involved in those countries affairs or leave them alone?

In market economies there should ALWAYS be a job for you somewhere, you just gotta lower your personal criteria to see it. Therefore unemployment is usually voluntary and you hardly would end up having to go to a sweatshop. As for sweatshops outside developed countries they really dont have a choice do they when there are no wellfare benefits.

 

[Jaythulhu]

Fuck no. There are plenty of volunteer organisations that could use your help. Working in a sweatshop just so you can have a bit of cash versus doing something worthwhile with your life don't even rate an equation.

 

[Ace of Spades]

I'd rather be unemployed and waiting to hear back from potential employers from the resumes I sent out.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

If it was the only job you could get and the country's economy depended on it wouldn't it better to work in a sweatshop than not at all? Also, do should the United States get involved in those countries affairs or leave them alone?

In market economies there should ALWAYS be a job for you somewhere, you just gotta lower your personal criteria to see it. Therefore unemployment is usually voluntary and you hardly would end up having to go to a sweatshop. As for sweatshops outside developed countries they really dont have a choice do they when there are no wellfare benefits.

There are 2 million unemployed people in the UK alone. That is a sizable chunk of the workforce.

Jobs can be scarce at the best of times, and when a massive recession looms they can be impossible to find.

 

[Dele]

If it was the only job you could get and the country's economy depended on it wouldn't it better to work in a sweatshop than not at all? Also, do should the United States get involved in those countries affairs or leave them alone?

In market economies there should ALWAYS be a job for you somewhere, you just gotta lower your personal criteria to see it. Therefore unemployment is usually voluntary and you hardly would end up having to go to a sweatshop. As for sweatshops outside developed countries they really dont have a choice do they when there are no wellfare benefits.

There are 2 million unemployed people in the UK alone. That is a sizable chunk of the workforce.

Jobs can be scarce at the best of times, and when a massive recession looms they can be impossible to find.

Actually being unemployed doesnt mean you cant find a job. All it means is that you cant find a job that reflects your education/pay and that is why I refer unemployment as voluntary. For example when an economist gets fired he usually stays unemployed gaining wellfare checks while seeking new high-paying jobs instead of receiving a job as a local cleaner or going to work to wal-mart.

Of course in extreme situations there actually will be some people who are unable to find ANY job at all but we are not there yet and so many low-paying low-education businesses still have lack of manpower. The problem with European nanny model and especially northern model is that it encourages unemployment and receiving wellfare benefits instead of looking for a crappy paying job and as such doing something useful.

 

[xitel]

I would rather be unemployed than work in a sweatshop. That's all there is to it.