This may be unavoidable. All of these misguided causes have sexy slogans and worthy aims. But call me an idealist, I m not as pessimistic for my generation as was Mr. Churchill. So here they are, in a nutshell, the greatest and most popular myths among politically active university students. Recognize them now, and you might avoid four years of fighting in the wrong direction.
Sweatshops exploit the poor.
I ve never heard an actual definition of the term sweatshop. To most people, it probably calls to mind some sort of Dickensian workhouse, where children are forced to work in awful conditions. But in reality, slave labor is a relic of the past. The places that modern leftists would call sweatshops are usually those that employ unskilled laborers. Shutting these places down puts poor people out of work.