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withered_preacher
I don't think buying from "first world countries" is always a guarantee that you're getting a more ethically made product though. For example I know that Gildan make (or made, I haven't looked into it for a while) a lot of their t-shirts etc in the US but the people making the shirts are prisoners paid pennies an hour, so effectively slave labour. I'd rather buy a t shirt from a company that pays closer to a living wage in a developing country than one that relies on slave labour from a more developed country.