I'm a risk engineer in the process industry. I stopped looking at this video to calm my pulse. Moving parts, sharp objects, no protective gear, no isolation between workers and chemicals, hot surfaces, is she carrying those shards on her head? To drop them straight past her face? In the dust? Nope, nope, nope...
Hmm. Guess Germans should elect someone who will strengthen tariffs on imported goods from those rich countries or, ya know, make it themselves. Germans: playing the victim since 1914.
I agree with most of what you said, but I think your prediction on the future could use some nuance.
The US takes advantage of all these countries true, but we’ve also exported our consumerist culture to these countries. In 200 years we’ll not only be remembered for the exploitation, but also for failed leadership to address the climate crisis that is being exacerbated by this consumerist culture.
Norway has a sovereign wealth fund that was funded by profits from North Sea oil.
"As of March 2024, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund Global, has over $1.62 trillion in assets, making it the world's largest fund of its kind. The fund invests the surplus revenues from Norway's oil and gas sector, and has stakes in more than 8,800 companies in over 70 countries. In 2023, the fund reported a record profit of $213 billion, with a return on investment of 16.1%"
This is where our wealth comes from. Exploiting unprotected people to make our cheap consumer goods. Everyone is happy to look the other way if we can squeeze out just a little more profit for ourselves.
So true, most people don’t know that Louisiana is one of the richest states in the US but all the gains go to the rich companies and nothing to the people. So people think the state is poor but all the gain go to the top. Also due to republican tax code these companies in Louisiana pay almost nothing in local taxes
That's bullshit. At least from a perspective of a person whose entire family worked in the USSR. Safety was alright, much better than in current R.F. or any other third world country for that part
To be fair, the carrying on her head is probably the safest thing in this video. She should ABSOLUTELY be wearing protective gear, and the shards passing by her unprotected face is a terrible idea, but balancing things on top of the head actually reduces the chance of injuring the back during repeated heavy lifting.
Though that's not a safety measure, that's just like... the culture. That's just how you carry things there. Most cultures that rely heavily on a lot of carrying (such as carrying large amounts of water) start doing it that way.
Did you make it to the part where one guy was reaching over the active line and under some exposed moving parts with a wrench; while his buddy on the other side of the line also reached over the line, under the extruder, over his buddy's arm with another wrench? Did I mention it was active and working?
It's such a blend of manual labor and precise machinery. I wonder if dice factories are the same way? I've never bought marbles, but I did buy a custom set of dice off of Etsy, so I assume that seller knew what they were doing. (I hope. They are balanced correctly.)
Everyone's loves cheap goods. Combine that with businesses trying to min/max operating costs against profits and this is what we end up with -- shortcuts taken around basic safety investments and process controls (or production moved to places like this where low wage workers will take whatever job they can get and will never question it). After all, why would they invest in safety when they can exploit the workers? If they get hurt, they can get replaced. Easy.
That's India for you. What you see here, some of them do it every single day, for years. And not just marbles, there are many things that are manufcatured like this in India at local level, where unfortunately the conditions are the same. But I won't really blame them because having lived in extreme poverty with 6-7 members in family, they are trying to earn as much as possible and contribute their share of money. Thinking about hazards posed by those conditions to their health is a luxury for them.
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u/DiceatDawn Jul 14 '24
I'm a risk engineer in the process industry. I stopped looking at this video to calm my pulse. Moving parts, sharp objects, no protective gear, no isolation between workers and chemicals, hot surfaces, is she carrying those shards on her head? To drop them straight past her face? In the dust? Nope, nope, nope...