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On page 365, Hochschild makes a comparison between ending slavery and ending present day issues like war, the gap between the rich and the poor, and the assaults on earth, air, and water. Once again Hochschild is making a comparison between slavery and a present day issue and it's working. He says "None of these problems will be solved overnight, or perhaps even in the fifty years it took to end British slavery. They will not be solved at all unless people see them as both outrageous and solvable" (365). He makes an excellent point about people not taking a stance to solve a problem unless they see a reasonable way to find a solution. For my topic drawing on the comparisons between slavery and present day sweatshops, I find it being a similar situation. If people thought of a feasible way to go about eliminating sweatshops and the goods produced in them without economically suffering, it could happen. But since there is such a reliance on the goods produced and people may not see this as such a burning issue in society, not as many people are going to stand up against it. I agree with Hochschild's point that unless people see issues as very important and likely to be solved, they aren't going to be as likely to stand up against it.