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It's not incumbent on individual citizens to stop corporations. We lack the resources and wherewithal to do so. These companies are doing things that should be

It's not incumbent on individual citizens to stop corporations. We lack the resources and wherewithal to do so. These companies are doing things that should be made to be illegal.

charcircuit 3y ago
>that should be made to be illegal. Paying a wage that both parties agree to should not be illegal.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago
  Nestle and others have frequently admitted to literal slave labour https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/02/nestle-admits-slave-labour-risk-on-brazil-coffee-plantations https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/mar/02/n...
  - charcircuit 3y ago
    That's not literal slave labor. From the article it admits that they don't know the source of some of the beans. Nestle isn't finding slaves to work for them.
    - ClumsyPilot 3y ago
      In the age of anynimous shell companies owning half of the assets in the country, you expect Nestle to officially employ slaves? They purposefully setup and intermediary, and use slave labour in full knowledge
      - andsoitis 3y ago
        > In the age of anynimous shell companies owning half of the assets in the country, you expect Nestle to officially employ slaves? > They purposefully setup and intermediary, and use slave labour in full knowledge It sounds like you are very convinced that Nestlé knowingly uses slave labor (it sounds a bit conspiratorial if you were to ask me). If you are sure of it, are you avoiding ALL Nestlé products? Otherwise you are enabling such atrocity.
mr_toad 3y ago
That would last precisely one election cycle. The cost of living increases would soon ensure that the majority of consumers voted to reverse the law.
- vuln 3y ago
  If only we could vote out inflation or The Fed…