The dollar store.. shadow business?

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I was listening to this song today and thought a bit. (Jedi Mind Tricks - Shadow Business) The song doesn't directly talk about dollar stores but I'm sure we all have been to one. Don't get me wrong I love the dollar store, the one where the cashier just counts how many things you have and that's how many dollars it costs. You can find anything they would have at a normal store but it's only a buck at the dollar store. That's where the whole Made in China comes into the picture. The song talks more about labour camps where human rights are pretty much kept outside. Kids working for like a nickel a day, etc. I was taught to always wash your clothes after you buy them, in some factories the workers don't get to wash their hands for weeks or months. Imagine very little sleep, probably no washroom, just kinda a corner maybe. Well the song said some new stuff I never heard before not sure if it's a credible source but whatever. Workers not being allowed to have relations, or get married. Not allowed to fall in love. Abortions forced on workers who got pregnant. So, how is it everything costs one single dollar? Sure it's cheaply made, but those factories have pretty much no wages, low overhead, etc. Still need to make profit off of those one dollar items. Imagine how the people who work there get paid or treated. In the end that's just the way it is, some people benefit, some people get hurt. And when you benefit that just makes you look the other way. We all know how Nike shoes are made, but we all still wear it. Maybe it's not really look the other way, some people don't even know the whole picture. I hope whoever read this thinks at least a little bit different now. I'm no saint, I'd probably buy Nikes at the dollar store if they sold them, it's just messed up thinking about these things.