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It’s this: western standards of living are fueled by armies of child laborers picking our cacao, coltan mined and smuggled out of conflict zones, abused sweatsh
by bad416f1f5a2 4y ago
It’s this: western standards of living are fueled by armies of child laborers picking our cacao, coltan mined and smuggled out of conflict zones, abused sweatshop workers sewing our clothes, and barrels and barrels of oil to move the machines forward.
I doubt many of us will give that up voluntarily. Most people don’t want to walk away from Omelas.
- criddell 4y agoYou said western standards of living, but don't you really mean modern standards of living? I don't think people in Russia or Japan or Singapore or China are doing much better with respect to cacoa, coltan, etc...