Most Americans, while knowing there is a lot of horror in the world, tend to ignore it. We don't want the responsibility of having to solve these issues that seem to have nothing to do with us.
"My Nikes may have been made by child labor... but they also look awesome."
"My iPhone may have been made in sweatshop conditions... but I'm really high up on the Flappy Bird leaderboard."
There's a lot of stuff I would like to give up (my Nikes, my iPhone) but at the same time can't imagine giving up. But the main thing that comes to mind is that a lot of my clothes were made in China. I mean, everybody knows that working conditions, as well as environmental conditions caused by factories, are pretty awful. And I can't count the number of times I've seen the Made in China label and just shrugged, without even thinking about it. I like to buy my clothes cheap, and I don't know if my family could afford to buy clothes at a higher price. But I still wish things were different.
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