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Are you aware of how lithium ion batteries are made?

• vel0city 4y ago
  Are you aware of how oil production proceeds fund global terrorism and warlords? Guess you can't buy any gasoline, since some % of oil is sold on the market from warlords committing atrocities in their countries. Did you know when you buy gasoline at the pump you're supporting a market which buys missiles for Saudi Arabia to bomb Yemen?
  • philwelch 4y ago
    My point exactly. It’s almost impossible to maintain these kinds of standards with our modern global supply chains.
    • rsj_hn 4y ago
      Slavoj Zizek discusses this idea of "ethical consumerism" in a beautifully illustrated talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g Needless to say, the idea that you are "supporting" something by voluntary exchange (how do you know that they aren't supporting you?) is a relatively recent development, and is of course completely unworkable. It's just another form of retail therapy.