• Nougat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I was talking to a relative about Temu the other day, “How can they sell shit so cheap? Like, there’s got to be slavery involved somewhere.”

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      1 year ago

      Temu and Shein have some of the most absurdly optimized supply chains in the world

      Chinese workers are also just more efficient than American ones LOL

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        1 year ago

        Lemmy.ml calling slave labor efficient because it’s Chinese slave labor.

        Got to love your patriotism, but maybe dial it back a bit on the justifying slavery.

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        1 year ago

        Temu, at least, is just a dropshipper. Temu itself doesn’t have any supply chain. The vendors that sell through Temu do.

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        1 year ago

        Why wouldn’t they be more efficient? If I mess up at my job, they don’t execute me for it.