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No crime, barring [b]child slavery[/b]. http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/atasteofslavery.html http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocola
by Willy_Wonka 14y ago
No crime, barring [b]child slavery[/b].
http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/atasteofslavery.html http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/ataste...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_in_cocoa_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_in_cocoa_production
Top comment, and many comments totally oblivious to the realities of life. Not surprising for HN, sadly. Keep those libertarian blinkers on boys!
- lolcraft 14y agoSee, the thing is that, when a legal company is caught enslaving children, they get massive political, social, moral and economic pressure to stop. For instance, Nike and its famous sweatshops. If your business is illegal, however, you're neck deep in shit already, so the marginal benefit for stopping is almost zero. Twenty to fourty years added to a life sentence.
- Willy_Wonka 14y agoSee, the thing is... you're completely clueless about the way the real world works. People. Don't. Care. Nike ~ want to dance with me on the number of factory inspections, and the amount of sweat-shop labour they still use? Let's go further back... can you name me the hugely influential book on the meat packing industry in the USA, and what the author was attempting to highlight? And which Government regulatory branches it spawned? Let's do this again ~ name me a single ex-colonial Corporation that's increased worker's rights without the state that they operate under forcing them to do so... Bananas? Good luck with that one. Fact is: You're white, privileged and stupid. If I had my way, you'd be culled.