lain on Nostr: Although looking at the numbers, it seems like the foxconn suicides are more or less ...
Although looking at the numbers, it seems like the foxconn suicides are more or less a media phenomenon. "15 attempted suicides a year at factory x" sounds a lot, but that "factory" had 300k workers. Average suicide rate in China was apparently around 20/100k at the time.
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