A Killer Bargain Analysis

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In the documentary, A Killer Bargain shows the dark side of increasing globalization that here in the US and Western Europe has increased its demand for material goods well beyond reasonable necessities. Not long ago the US used to export goods all around the world, now in a society of consumerism, those goods now come from low-income countries. This newfound system of globalization has completely thrown the subsistence strategies for low-income societies on a temporary upslope. By giving those who are the poorest and desperate among the societies a chance to earn a wage and help support their family. However, though, this is just a temporary fix. With factories in Kapoor, India, carelessly dumping their wastewater into a “Red Lake” this is

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