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  • Jan 15, 2026, 10:11 PM

    Software as Fast Fashion

    Clothes have never been cheaper. These days a t-shirt is often cheaper that a decent cup of tea in a cafe. The wonders of capitalism. At least that is how it is often described. And when you point at the underpaid, gruesome labor that people in poorer regions of the planet have to do to make this possible the answer tends to be: "Well, they are having jobs and can provide for their families now, so it's reducing poverty." Now of course the situation is a bit more complex, has more angles. […]

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    Photo of multiple women working in a textile sweat shop
    pair of brown leather boots in pavement
    Photo of multiple women working in a textile sweat shop
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