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This rhetoric is outdated by more than 200 years, when kids worked at coal mines in 18th century Britain.
by hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
This rhetoric is outdated by more than 200 years, when kids worked at coal mines in 18th century Britain.
- jl6 2y agoAnd yet coal wealth was tremendously beneficial for those communities. Kids-in-mines was ended by better labor regulation, not by cutting off the source of the wealth. Ghana has an amazing opportunity here. The world is literally shipping gold to their doorstep. There has got to be a solution that improves standards without cutting them out of the loop.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agoAny law that improves standards will increase cost and then they don't get the scrap anymore, someone else without laws will. The market will find a place.