Get over yourselves. From an outside perspective I am concerned about the US’s treatment of its own minorities. Have you heard how Trump talks about minorities?! Sorry but no, from where I stand I don’t see any difference on this between China and the US. And before anyone says anything about detention centres, I’m sorry but you can’t have a prison populations in the millions made up mostly of minority people and point fingers there.
No thanks, while the US protects its digital economy from Chinese companies, it is also slapping tariffs (or is threatening) on European goods.
The US doesn’t have any friends any more because it acting like a shit to them all. Meanwhile every day it looks more like a dictatorship with no regard for its populace. Honestly it’s time the rest of the western world moved on. Relationship over.
And it completely ignores what the company has done for Minneapolis and the surrounding area. But it’s easy to disregard local knowledge when Internet outrage is the preferred reaction.
No, it really doesn't, things need to balance out - far too long has America been perfectly fine with terrible things on the other side of the globe fueling domestic profits.
Cargill's business practices are supplying economic growth that is dwarfed by the externalities that are being accrued.
It's done bad things for Minneapolis too? Or are you suggesting that we should keep destroying the Amazon so the fine people of MN can have some more Teslas?
Then please inform us what the local benefits are that justify a global history of forced child labor, slavery, dumping toxic waste, poisoning food products, etc, etc?
As a Minnesotan, probably nothing. Jobs? It’s probably the only argument one could make, but I’m not going to make it. It wouldn’t make me sad if Cargill stopped exploiting everyone and everything.
The uses of the words “brutal” and “fierce” are good examples of American xenophobia. Aldi pays its low-wage staff a living wage (far above the minimum required by law) in the UK and elsewhere. Walmart, no chance.
