Re: Would you care enough to pay more for ...
OK, so, greed then. The defining feature of capitalism and or free markets.
OK.
So, you going to make more money by sticking that kid up the chimney or by using the modern brushes on the extension pole?
You going to make more money by sticking blokes down the mine or using the machinery?
And the slavery, picking cotton example: more money by using mechanised picking or humans doing it?
Which makes the higher profit?
Well, given that the higher profit is made by using the machinery, given first world wages, then the machinery would be used because of greed, wouldn't it?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
