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The reception your comment got says a lot about the HN community's ability to have adult discussion about subjects involving bodily harm. The supply chain for
by dsfyu404ed 4y ago
The reception your comment got says a lot about the HN community's ability to have adult discussion about subjects involving bodily harm.
The supply chain for our basic necessities of life maims and kills people but we consider putting food on plates to be well worth the tradeoffs. Having a blood diamond on your ring is not something we consider to be worth the tradeoffs. The tradeoffs made to get a smartphone or computer into a consumer's hand, along with the tradeoffs of consuming booze, exist somewhere in the nuanced continuum between those fairly extreme example points.
- Chris2048 4y agoYou are assuming that there is an explicit decision made wrt trade-offs. A simpler explanation is - a "blood" diamond has a fairly explicit consequence, manufacturing consequences aren't so obvious or necessary. I'd also note that it should be possible to police these things - diamonds without blood, tech without pollution - consumer boycotts aren't often so successful vs legal policy changes.