Pay the workers you filthy capitalists :xi-gun:

Surveillance cameras and windows smashed by men with sticks

Workers complain of delayed pay, insufficient food

Some videos of the protests (possibly): https://twitter.com/lolc936163/status/1595421244236566536

    • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      I’d love it, partly because we’d get to literally compare how western news differs in its coverage.

      In this case, they always talk about how even though these protests are against Foxconn, the actual enemy is the See See Pee and CoVid-Zero.

      If similar protests happened in the US, half the media would be calling them looters and shooters and demand the police brutalise them. The other half would interview sad business owners talking about how much they’re suffering.

      • BolsheWitch [she/her, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        In this case, they always talk about how even though these protests are against Foxconn, the actual enemy is the See See Pee and CoVid-Zero

        notice how the American press uses Foxconn’s shitty labor practices to attack China while still protecting Foxconn

        • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          Holy shit, yes. I didn’t even catch that. They didn’t even fucking criticize Foxconn for not providing the adequate resources (like food, which was a major point of the protest) the workers needed due to the Covid restrictions. And that there was no protection for workers from getting covid within the workplace itself.

          It’s like the perfect example of what would’ve happened all over China if not for the government. Capitalists forcing the entire population to go back to work not caring about the risk.

        • invo_rt [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I also love the press and politicians shitting on China regarding pollution when western capital specifically outsourced the dirtiest industries to China for cost savings. Despite that, China still has a lower per-capita pollution lower than the US.