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[–]happysmash27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

…Good point. Why aren't more people talking about this?

I have seen only one mention of this on Reddit, in the relatively small subreddit /r/StallmanWasRight: https://reddit.com/comments/hryqry, though it only documents forced labour and "re-education" (which is still absolutely horrifying), in the context of large companies who make abusive proprietary software and locked down hardware also indirectly supporting abuse of workers in China. It also documents forced searches of their phones, which I find hits particularly close to home, as an advocate for digital privacy and user control. I have not yet seen any article mention hair and organ harvesting from them on Reddit, though, but quickly looking it up, though, there are many articles about that too.

We need to pay more attention to this. It is one of the most horrible human rights violations going on right now, yet has so little focus on it. We do have some power to change it though: boycott all companies that use the forced labour. Also, boycott China in general due to their hostile takeover in Hong Kong, and restrictions on freedom of movement, and censorship, and… well, EVERYTHING! China is one of the worst countries I know of, and it is very powerful too. Worst of all, many products can only be gotten from China. We need to do something about this! Please try to find non-Chinese alternatives to Chinese products in literally any other country, other than maybe North Korea (which is worse).