• ConstableJelly@beehaw.orgOP
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    What blows my mind about this kind of thing is that we could definitively end this as consumers by just not purchasing products engaged in child labor, slave wages, etc. But these issues are so pervasive (across multiple industries) that we’re either unaware of them or accept them as inevitable.

    This a major failing of our societal development and we need to start treating it like one asap.

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      1 year ago

      child labor, slave wages

      Or in this case, actual child slavery - a lot of these children have been kidnapped (sometimes from neighbouring countries), trafficked to a plantation, and made to work for free.

      I think people like to imagine that these are all kids working alongside mum and dad for subsistence wages for their families but the reality is often much, much bleaker than that.

    • YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Then stop using electronics

      Every electronic device you own is made from slave labor, the rare-earth elements needed are mined by slaves in Africa, bought by Chinese Slave Owners and then manufactured in China to send to the west

      • ConstableJelly@beehaw.orgOP
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        Agreed, that’s a problem too. Like I said, we need to start treating it like a societal failure (not an individual one). I’m not trying to lay out a detailed roadmap here, I’m just complaining online.