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And it completely ignores what the company has done for Minneapolis and the surrounding area. But it’s easy to disregard local knowledge when Internet outrage i
by vgetr 7y ago
And it completely ignores what the company has done for Minneapolis and the surrounding area. But it’s easy to disregard local knowledge when Internet outrage is the preferred reaction.
- munk-a 7y agoNo, it really doesn't, things need to balance out - far too long has America been perfectly fine with terrible things on the other side of the globe fueling domestic profits. Cargill's business practices are supplying economic growth that is dwarfed by the externalities that are being accrued.
- jascii 7y agoThen please inform us what the local benefits are that justify a global history of forced child labor, slavery, dumping toxic waste, poisoning food products, etc, etc?
- duncan-donuts 7y agoAs a Minnesotan, probably nothing. Jobs? It’s probably the only argument one could make, but I’m not going to make it. It wouldn’t make me sad if Cargill stopped exploiting everyone and everything.
- IG_Semmelweiss 7y agonowhere in the article does it state "forced child labor" Try again. So you are against children having economic opportunity ? Congratulations, you just denied John Rockefeller his fortune
- jtmcmc 7y agoso wanton destruction of the earth is fine as long as there are some positive benefits in the short term to Minneapolis?
- dang 7y ago"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- seem_2211 7y agoIt's done bad things for Minneapolis too? Or are you suggesting that we should keep destroying the Amazon so the fine people of MN can have some more Teslas?
- dralley 7y agohttps://mobile.twitter.com/benioff/status/549339156854214656 https://mobile.twitter.com/benioff/status/549339156854214656