Sweatshops Of Bangladesh

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Compared to Source 1, Source 2 talks about the complete opposite of Source 1. Here, it talks about how the profit system and globalized production is flawed. The author states that the two can easily provide everyone on the planet with a decent standard of living, but doesn’t, because it is ruled under capitalism. Therefore, this will only make the rich even richer, while those who are struggling to buy their food are left in the dust.
Source 2 also draws the fact that lives (that are worth no less than anyone else’s) are constantly being put on the line due to the never ending hunger for profit, specifically in the sweatshops of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The author implies that over 700 worker lives have been taken in Bangladesh since

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