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> Environmental externalities are not the same as children being exploited for labor, no matter how you frame it. Beyond a sufficient level of terrible, relati
by justizin 11y ago
> Environmental externalities are not the same as children being exploited for labor, no matter how you frame it.
Beyond a sufficient level of terrible, relative comparison is unnecessary.
- LesZedCB 11y agoI'm vegetarian, not vegan. Some buy only organic, fair-trade food instead of the cheapest, mass-produced variety. Some people are actually informed about the sources of their clothes and choose not to buy some. There are ethical and moral implications and trade offs for all. I think that judging the OP because VW makes a diesel car that gets only 35MPG instead of 42 and saying it's equivalent to buying clothes from sweat-shop brands is disingenuous at best. As I said above, I do not agree with the lassie-faire sentiment of letting corporations do what they want to buying whatever. EDIT, for context, the highest level commenter was downvoted below 0 before.
- joshkpeterson 11y agoNo you're right, they're not equivalent. But I was more attacking the OP's stated justification, and the indefensibly stupid and self-serving attitude that allows a person to make such a statement.