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There may not be societal costs in the consuming country, but there are certainly negative externalities to the people/countries that produce the coffee beans
by ttt11199907 3y ago
There may not be societal costs in the consuming country, but there are certainly negative externalities to the people/countries that produce the coffee beans
- bequanna 3y agoI guess I don't consider this a legit argument. You could point to negative externalities that are the result of literally everything humans produce/consume. But if we want to use that metric, OK. I would venture a guess that the production of coffee yields a heck of a lot less suffering than the production of cocaine, heroin or meth. Any far fewer people consume the latter.
- bb88 3y agoAlso to further your point: consider blood diamonds, mining of toxic substances, lead batteries, plastic in the oceans, etc.
- ttt11199907 3y agoYes! These are all things that rely on the subjugation and abuse of other human and are bad for our earth-spaceship
- rootusrootus 3y agoI don't know, the guy in Kona running the coffee farm seemed pretty happy. And the coffee was great (and I typically dislike coffee! It was that good...) In any case, legal production can be regulated in ways that illegal crops cannot. It's hard to draw a legitimate comparison.