> By and large, the factory work done by people in developing economies is dramatically better in terms of quality of life and safety than the agricultural work that they would be doing without economic development.

Do you have numbers on how it improved life of Chinese farmers compared to 100 years ago, 200?

When the US went through its industrial revolution we went from people owning farms to basically being owned by the factories boss. Child labor was rampant so we’re ridiculous working hours and blacksmiths and others who were put out of a job basically drank themselves to death.

Someone none of that seems to ever happen in other countries and all we hear about is “how great of an opportunity it is for them to get to build iPhones” odd stuff