No, it's probably because he's been trained to think that sweatshop owners, as a specific subset of people in "business," are unethical, if not liars and thieves in the literal sense. And for the record, there's nothing "ironic" about trusting the exploitee (sweatshop worker) more than the exploiter (sweatshop owner). 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife, now THAT'S ironic.