Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Fleeing Syria for the sweatshops of the West https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address clintonlogan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369261#post369261 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369261#post369261 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 04:36:00 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369247#post369247 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369247#post369247 Anyway I’ll step away, I didn’t post to argue or have a discussion about the merits of Apple, I just found the reference troubling in context.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow_9MglZrhs

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:09:27 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369244#post369244 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369244#post369244 Jobs is an easy example of an immigrant story which went well

But Seinfeld’s easier no? At the very least he has a clean enough track record in employment relations not to dilute the point or have it misconstrued.

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:41:58 +1300 James Littlewood* https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369243#post369243 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369243#post369243 were it to ever come to pass that this type of misanthropy be excusable because someone built something, then we might as well ...

I don't think anyone was excusing anything. Jobs is an easy example of an immigrant story which went well, at least for the migrant, and for…

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:39:14 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369238#post369238 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369238#post369238 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:10:19 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369237#post369237 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369237#post369237 electing billionaire cunts to rule the free world
in response to their, uh, naked grab for power...

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:08:39 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369235#post369235 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369235#post369235 Jobs was a deeply flawed character

Absolutely. My link above was page 4 of a 7.

My favourite paragraph in your piece was:

Tragically, the problem is systemic and extends way beyond footwear. From bananas to inflatable lawn Santas to mobile phones, modern consumerism relies on a marginalised group of…

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:54:18 +1300 James Littlewood* https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369234#post369234 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369234#post369234 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:37:46 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369230#post369230 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369230#post369230 Without sounding like an apologist Apple’s track record is better in this respect than the majority of tech companies, but it could do more

It does get hard to point that out without seeming like an apologist, but it is true. It's not one company, it's the system.

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:22:52 +1300 clintonlogan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369226#post369226 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369226#post369226 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:55:45 +1300 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369225#post369225 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369225#post369225 For the people not the situation, sorry. If you watch Curtis' doco make of it what you will.
Godd piccies ta

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2016 07:22:51 +1300 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369224#post369224 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369224#post369224 Always feel compassion for the situations people find themselves in and how they cope.
Documentary maker Adam Curtis in his latest offering Hypernormalisation(can be found easily on youtube) gives some background to Syria. The Assad dynasty doesnt come out of it well. I wonder how global now such stories of…

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:33:08 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369222#post369222 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369222#post369222 Steve Jobs reference “troubling”. ]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:34:37 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369221#post369221 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-fleeing-syria-for-the-sweatshops/?p=369221#post369221 Discussion from blog post.

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