Amnesty Intern: Apple and Microsoft Using Batteries Made With Cobalt Mined By 7-Year-Old Children

[Maschine_Man]

What about them?

I only have one car.
I buy clothes less than I buy electronics ()
Don't touch my food tho, nikka .
Electronics, I really don't have any other than a phone, TV, laptop, router, and an old ass iPod.
I'm not much of a consumer, tbh.

But seriously, tho. Touch my food and we gon' have a problem.

But thats the thing right.
If they raise wages to make it fair and humane
then everything is getting touched.

food is gonna be big, where do you think alot of those food products come from?
South America, Asia, Africa.

You may only have one item of each, but when everything goes up 10% you are gonna feel that pinch(especially because our wages ain't going up )


your laptop , phone, car, EVERYTHING goes up 10%






























I'm playing devils advocate here, but the point remains

 

[BaldingSoHard]

But thats the thing right.
If they raise wages to make it fair and humane
then everything is getting touched.

food is gonna be big, where do you think alot of those food products come from?
South America, Asia, Africa.

You may only have one item of each, but when everything goes up 10% you are gonna feel that pinch(especially because our wages ain't going up )


your laptop , phone, car, EVERYTHING goes up 10%

I'm playing devils advocate here, but the point remains

I hear you breh, I'd be down with it tbh if someone could guarantee me that the 10% increase would eliminate hunger and poverty across the board but we both know it wouldn't. Some capitalist somewhere would find a way to siphon most of it into his/her pockets and the status quo would remain the same.

 

[BillBanneker]

Deflect the argument to the op to compensate for your own short comings. There is no doubt this computer has been used for it, however i didnt buy it from the retailer who recieves profit for the sufferage of others. No one is innocent here i already addressed blood on our hands. I find ironic is ive seen your postings about "cac this and cac that" "white previlage" but when it comes to hitting White Supremacy in their pockets you want to be like .

But it was bought from a retailer, stop deflecting . You give two shyts about "hitting" white supremacy in pockets, just a bunch empty rhetoric and deflection for the sake of putting on some fake coli militant mask,
Think using second hand products from Multinational Corporations is "defeating" "white supremacy" and stopping exploitation of child workers in Central African countries.

Funny you don't talk about creating and investing in african companies and individuals that choose to use materials from non "exploitative" sellers.

 

[Maschine_Man]

I hear you breh, I'd be down with it tbh if someone could guarantee me that the 10% increase would eliminate hunger and poverty across the board but we both know it wouldn't. Some capitalist somewhere would find a way to siphon most of it into his/her pockets and the status quo would remain the same.

Thats whats up..and TBH I would jump all over that too.
I would be willing to pay that much out if thats what it took to ENSURE the elimination of hunger and poverty as well.

Unfortunately....as you say...some scumbag fukk would find a way to screw everyone over.

 

[Maschine_Man]

But it was bought from a retailer, stop deflecting . You give two shyts about "hitting" white supremacy in pockets, just a bunch empty rhetoric and deflection for the sake of putting on some fake coli militant mask,
Think using second hand products from Multinational Corporations is "defeating" "white supremacy" and stopping exploitation of child workers in Central African countries.

Funny you don't talk about creating and investing in african companies and individuals that choose to use materials from non "exploitative" sellers.

This isn't about white supremacy its about capitalist supremacy or elitist supremacy

YOu think the indians, arabs or the chinese give a fukk about exploitation?
naw cuz those in the power are getting rich too

 

[MJ Truth]

Multi billion dollar companies using and abusing basically slave labor throughout the world? Flabbergasted.

 

[thekingsmen]

But it was bought from a retailer, stop deflecting . You give two shyts about "hitting" white supremacy in pockets, just a bunch empty rhetoric and deflection for the sake of putting on some fake coli militant mask,
Think using second hand products from Multinational Corporations is "defeating" "white supremacy" and stopping exploitation of child workers in Central African countries.

Funny you don't talk about creating and investing in african companies and individuals that choose to use materials from non "exploitative" sellers.

I guess you dont have a phone or computer right? please. You have no solutions, so you are apart of the problem.

 

[Madrasas]

Everyone on earth (yes, everyone) cares far more about their own safety, security, and material possessions than they do the lives and well-being of complete strangers who they'll never meet.

 

[thekingsmen]

Everyone on earth (yes, everyone) cares far more about their own safety, security, and material possessions than they do the lives and well-being of complete strangers who they'll never meet.

This is true.

 

[Mowgli]

Here is the rub though.

Westerners love to be outraged about young people having a job and making money for their families and applying our labor ethics about child labor on these countries. However these people aren't being kidnapped and forced to work. More times than not they are doing it because it provides an opportunity for them to make money so their families can eat. It's not ideal but it's better than the alternative which is starving.

In India for example, I believe some western human rights workers were upset about young girls working in the textile factories. The Indian government became persuaded by the complaints and made changes to the law to prevent this. However these girls were then unemployed but still needed to eat so the unintended consequence was that unfortunately these girls started turning to even more dangerous illegal work like prosttitution.

These individuals are also sometimes helping pay for other members of their family to attend school and hopefully within a generation those people can provide better for their family.

Defend devils bruhs

 

[Madrasas]

Here is the rub though.

Westerners love to be outraged about young people having a job and making money for their families and applying our labor ethics about child labor on these countries. However these people aren't being kidnapped and forced to work. More times than not they are doing it because it provides an opportunity for them to make money so their families can eat. It's not ideal but it's better than the alternative which is starving.

In India for example, I believe some western human rights workers were upset about young girls working in the textile factories. The Indian government became persuaded by the complaints and made changes to the law to prevent this. However these girls were then unemployed but still needed to eat so the unintended consequence was that unfortunately these girls started turning to even more dangerous illegal work like prosttitution.

These individuals are also sometimes helping pay for other members of their family to attend school and hopefully within a generation those people can provide better for their family.

Yes, the idea that children are special snowflakes who need to be protected from the adult world of work is a quite recent one.