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It's completely unreasonable to expect consumers to research the entire supply chains of everything they purchase in order to factor in all their social costs.
by aninhumer 11y ago
It's completely unreasonable to expect consumers to research the entire supply chains of everything they purchase in order to factor in all their social costs.
- vacri 11y agoIt's pretty bloody obvious where iPhones physically come from. And it's hardly a secret that western democracies have had their manufacturing bases implode because consumers prefer cheaper to local; few consumer-targeted things are built in the west these days.
- piceas 11y agoIt would be awesome if someone did it on their behalf though. I would love a metric that let me evaluate the energy, water, pesticide, units of child labour needed to get a product to the store/my door just as I can compare the fat and sugar content of my lunch or the efficiency of a new car if I were to tape all the sharp edges and drive carefully.