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I mean this is nothing new? If you bought an iPhone you were part of exploiting child labor. Will you stop buying an iPhone? Of course not. We should ideally st
by ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
I mean this is nothing new? If you bought an iPhone you were part of exploiting child labor. Will you stop buying an iPhone? Of course not. We should ideally stop showing such fake interest in these things and focus on other things.
https://www.thefp.com/p/your-iphone-was-built-with-child https://www.thefp.com/p/your-iphone-was-built-with-child
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> should ideally stop showing such fake interest in these things Perfect is the enemy of good [1]. We don't have to completely solve a problem to make discussing it worthwhile. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoSure we can keep discussing it and feeling good about ourselves.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> we can keep discussing it and feeling good about ourselves Contemplating the exploitation of children makes you feel good about yourself? To the extent anyone is virtue signalling, it's the comment arguing we should throw this under the rug because everyone isn't sufficiently morally invested.
- randomdata 3y agoThere isn't nearly enough information in the article to know if there is exploitation taking place or not. A child doing some chores is not considered exploitation by any reasonable measure. According to the internet, a typical person can harvest 150-175 pounds of cocoa per day[1]. The family in question harvested 140 pounds that year. It is not like this is some kind of full time job. It is barely a hobby. With the whole family pitching in, it struggles to even make for an afternoon outing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean