/tags/standardofliving/ Recent bookmarks tagged #standardofliving Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:59 +0000 http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-really-thinking-maybe-i-shouldnt.html "We all know that there's no fucking way in the world we should have microwave ovens and refrigerators and TV sets and everything else at the prices we're paying for them. There's no way we get all this stuff and everything is done fair and square and everyone gets treated right. ... everything you own, it's all done on the backs of millions of poor people whose lives are so awful you can't even begin to imagine them, people who will do anything to get a life that is a tiny bit better than the shitty one they were born into, people who get exploited and treated like shit and, in the worst of all cases, pay with their lives."<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #china #economics #economy #gadgets #politics #standardofliving #technology</p> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:58:57 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12458 china economics economy gadgets politics standardofliving technology