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The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Child Slaves

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Re: The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Child Slaves

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Post by Brian_K_White »

hunterb123 wrote: post #56
Brian_K_White wrote: post #55

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Name even one of these zealot goals please.

Defending child slavery to further the goal of cheap batteries for one. The Transatlantic Slave Trade involved more than the slaves in Western colonies harvesting raw materials, generally slavery was not used in the rest of the manufacturing process in Europe. Just because you outsource slavery of a specific process of production doesn't mean you aren't involved in slave trade. The solutions are to sanction the count…

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Re: The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Child Slaves

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2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #60
giraffe_lady wrote: post #26

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Because of... things like... this?? Or am I misunderstanding and the question is "why should I care about the misery at the other end of my consumption?" Which, I got my reasons and I hope you can find some of your own too.

> why should I care about the misery at the other end of my consumption? Close. I do care but I think that the Congo's government should care. It just seems like a difficult ask for each consumer to worry about every supply chain they touch. Seems maddening to try. Perhaps I should care because these governments are corrupt and cannot, or don't want to, protect their people from exploitation? I suppose it doesn't nee…

> It just seems like a difficult ask for each consumer to worry about every supply chain they touch. Seems maddening to try.

This is an intentional component of this system that enables this sort of exploitation. Each individual feels (to some extent justifiably) that it is someone else's duty. Each is just doing what is best or necessary for them, not necessarily happy about it, but the mine foreman has a family to feed, you think congo's government should deal with it, the petty bureaucrat knows if they change it they'll lose their job or worse. Everyone acts as they believe they should or must and now here we are.

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