Good to hear that at least it's assembled in Europe.
The "Fairphone" (as far as I can tell) is completely made in China, where an ever more autocratic regime jails workers who try to organize independent unions to protect workers' rights.
TikTok challenge.
"Designed in Poland"... but where's it made?
I couldn't find that out, although I did find who is responsible for pawsitive vibes 😁
Misiek
Pawsitive Vibes Coordinator &
CSO - Chief Snack Officer
So his list includes alleged "currency manipulation and trade barriers" in the supposed tariffs other countries impose on US imports... but doesn't in the tariffs the US imposes on those countries's imports to the US. Hmmm...
Removed link.
I got there from a web search that took me directly to that text-only section. I didn't realize until later there were photos in other parts of the article 😊
a.k.a. "charter cities", "libertarian paradise", "seasteading" etc.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_city_(economic_development)
- https://chartercitiesinstitute.org/
- https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Libertarian_paradise
and "crypto utopias" like BitCoin City in El Salvador
They like to claim they will lift the poor out of poverty. Then why is it always broligarchs pushing the idea?
And funny how the actual cities these projects claim as models (Dubai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen etc) are never democracies.
I like the phrase "going Galt". Or at least Rationalwiki's assessment of it.
I remember when Americans having to pay tariffs on tea was enough to get them revolting.
I believe beaver clearing is nowadays referred to as "a Hollywood".
It seems they did think carefully about which supplier they chose.
But at the end of the day, any niceness on the part of the company is completely dependent on the whims of management and the much-less developed labour laws in place, as labour is not allowed to organize to defend its own interests.
One of my clients is an HR director at an electronics manufacturer in China, and from talking regularly with her, even when management are inclined to be nice to workers, there are so many things that would simply never be allowed in Europe which are daily practice in China.