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> "Are they improving these people's lives, or making them worse?" And yes, they are improving their lives, if only slightly. They are making the world a bette
by darpa_escapee 10y ago
> "Are they improving these people's lives, or making them worse?" And yes, they are improving their lives, if only slightly. They are making the world a better place.
And people that profit off of child labor are helping hungry kids eat.
This is an absurd metric.
- Houshalter 10y agoIf what you say is true, and child labor is keeping children from starving to death, then how could you possibly oppose it? The main objection against child labor is that it is extremely detrimental for the children. If you literally believe the children benefit from it, then I can not understand your objection.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoDid you know some slave owners granted their slaves semi-autonomy as long as work got done?
- Houshalter 10y agoAre you seriously comparing selling blood to slavery? What does that have to do with anything? Slaves work because if they don't, the slave master will beat or kill them. The plasma industry isn't going to beat or kill you if you don't sell them blood. You may have problems in your life that make you so desperate, you need to sell your blood. But the plasma industry didn't create those problems, and they aren't making your life any worse.
- darpa_escapee 10y ago> Are you seriously comparing selling blood to slavery? What does that have to do with anything? No, I just see the metric as a particularly weird line to draw.