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This. Labor markets cut both ways but you have to actually follow the rules for it to work.


Wait till you find out how much legal workers who make clothes in America make.


I found the most Planet Money episode on this eye-opening: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/11/1255526971/garment-workers-cl...


Go move to South America if you think their workers have something we don't and will make your life so much better.


That’s a silly response. Why do you think workers are exploited? You say we need to play by the roles, but you’re going to balk at the cost of playing by those rules.


We have absolutely decided we're fine with it. We'd prefer a functioning domestic economy to cheap luxuries.




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