Price of Slavery

Something to think about:

When you're at Hollister buying your $63 hoodies, or at the shoe store buying $173 high-tops, do you ever wonder who made them? Or the difficulties people who made them had to endure? All in the pursuit of making you look good...

When we are buying our favourite brand name clothing, we don't think of these things, but I'm starting to think we should. While we're walking around looking great, there are people in third world countries working their asses off in squalid conditions, getting only measly cents per work day, sometimes contracting diseases, and not to mention risking injury, once again, all in the pursuit of making us look good. This is completely unfair... So why can't we stop buying? My guess: We're all too caught up in following the latest trends, or keeping up a certain image, to notice what other people go through.

In my opinion, looking good does not justify slavery. We can look good without contributing to sweatshops by not purchasing major brand names like Hollister, or Nike. Maybe if the workers had better pay, breaks, and better, cleaner, and safer working conditions, we could buy without feeling the guilt (not that any of us actually think about the people slaving to make us look good). If any of us said we were going to stop buying brand name clothing, we would be lying to ourselves, and everybody else. Buying from sweatshops is nearly completely unavoidable.

To Be Continued...