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> Unless we do something about child labor _in general_ then reducing cobalt use will just see those children being exploited in some other way. Oh well this e
by DinaCoder99 3y ago
> Unless we do something about child labor _in general_ then reducing cobalt use will just see those children being exploited in some other way.
Oh well this eases all my concerns—let's continue to look the other way, consume blindly, and pretend like this isn't a new low for the barbarism of the west.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoI thought the lowest point was tantalum, for the past 20 years or so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum#Status_as_a_conflict_resource https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum#Status_as_a_conflict_... I.e. the thing that's been going into most electronics manufactured in the last two decades.
- Turskarama 3y agoOr chocolate, or fast fashion, or any number of things.
- DinaCoder99 3y ago[dead]