> brand new electronics Why choose this example? Child labour is rife in many sectors, particularly textiles. It's also rampant in electronics recycling[0]. S

> brand new electronics Why choose this example? Child labour is rife in many sectors, particularly textiles. It's also rampant in electronics recycling[0]. So even if you never buy any new electronics, you're complicit when you dispose of your old electronics. The point is you shouldn't allow an impossible quest for perfect ideological consistency and moral purity to prevent you from doing good on a imperfect, inconsistent scale. [0] http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/india-rising-tide-e-waste http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/india-rising-tide-e-wast...