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They describe their calculations: http://slaveryfootprint.org/about/#methodology http://slaveryfootprint.org/about/#methodology They appear to count "N slaves
by cbr 15y ago
They describe their calculations:
http://slaveryfootprint.org/about/#methodology http://slaveryfootprint.org/about/#methodology
They appear to count "N slaves working for you" if they predict N slaves were involved in the production of anything you have, not the number you keep continuously employed.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoThis methodology is questionable. Suppose 10 slaves work on an assembly line for a year and produce 100,000 soccer balls used by 100,000 people. In that case, these 100,000 people each have 10 slaves working for them. On the other hand, suppose you had 100 slaves handcrafting 100,000 soccer balls. In that case, each of these 100,000 people has only 1 slave working for them. This methodology seems to penalize inefficient manufacturing processes less than more efficient ones, even if the more efficient ones result in less slavery.
- TDL 15y agoAnother flaw in the methodology is that if I own no slaves, I have no slaves working for me.