Blog 6

The main argument that would be made from Jess Worth would be that although the Vietnamese seem as though their lives have benefited from the Nike factory jobs, it's only putting them in to where we are today in over consumption and inevitably pollution. The first point made in the Nike essay is that they're able to buy bikes and extend their houses. Although it's nice to pamper yourself, these should be the furthest things being worried about. The workers are still making $54 a month and working horrible hours being forced to work at times. They may be able to afford a new bike but at what cost to their human dignity? He also talks about how working in the field is an awful job to be doing but in reality that's how many cultures have survived for centuries and sustained themselves as well as society. When consumption comes in to play it leads to all kinds of other issues that America is facing already which destroys society.