• CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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      Some would argue that this is precisely why they ‘outsource’ just like mobsters do. It gives plausible deniability.

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      Absolutely, ignorance is tantamount to complicity. Especially since BYD will earn a profit on their slave labor.

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      The site is not yet in operation. That has nothing to do with outsourcing… Its maybe bad supervision, but honestly most manufacturers fall in that category

      • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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        It’s not “outsourcing” in the common use of the term, but it’s establishing plausible deniability between the brand and the practice, which is “outsourcing” in an ironic sense.

        That said, I find the deniability completely implausible. BYD would be intimately aware of the progress and happenings on that site.