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THERE IS NO ETHICAL

CONSUMPTION IN CAPITALISM

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R o h a n S u c h i t h r a n
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As a result of this, workers in these

regions suffer under horrible working
conditions, diminutive wages and

prolonged work hours. The end result

of this is that no matter what you buy,

or from where you buy it, somewhere

Over the past twenty years,
along the way, the exploitation of a
globalization has completely
worker has occurred, for which you
renovated human society, and
become responsible by purchasing
most of us agree that it is a good
the product, which is what the phrase
thing. After all, it allows us to buy
“there is no ethical consumption
things manufactured around the
under capitalism” means.
world, has increased the overall

quality of goods (owing to

increased competition) and has

improved the quality of life for a lot

of people. A lot of this is due to

companies now being able to

produce goods at low rates in poor,

or third-world countries. However,
it is accompanied by a heavy price

tag in human terms: in order to

accommodate industrial

production, countries loosen

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worker rights and labour laws.