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You can rationalize the sex trade too by saying without being able to sell sex the 14/15 year old would have to sell an organ, or starve. What do you think a 9
by skedaddle 6y ago
You can rationalize the sex trade too by saying without being able to sell sex the 14/15 year old would have to sell an organ, or starve.
What do you think a 9 year old working as a human mule for $0.75/day at a cobalt mine in the Congo?
There are labor conditions below which you cannot (humanly) talk about the "incentives" of the worker.
But look, we are 50 years into the problem with consumer electronics at this point. It is complex and will be very hard to unwind, but I think at a minimum you should be forced to label products made with exploited labor.
Apple is one of the only companies to even attempt to improve these conditions. It's a huge disservice to go back to trying to justify them instead.