Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCandy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation findswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCandy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation findswww.cbsnews.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squaresnekerpimp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoMeanwhile Americans eat beef from slaughter houses in the Midwest that use children as a cleaning service.
minus-squareJaysyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoAnd both of those things are terrible.
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoBoth of these problems are capitalism
minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoChild exploitation is not unique to capitalism.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoNeither is rent-seeking, but both are much more widespread and severe under capitalism than more egalitarian systems.
minus-squareporcariasagrada@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agocapitalism actually encourages both. as they are profitable activities.
Meanwhile Americans eat beef from slaughter houses in the Midwest that use children as a cleaning service.
And both of those things are terrible.
Both of these problems are capitalism
Child exploitation is not unique to capitalism.
Neither is rent-seeking, but both are much more widespread and severe under capitalism than more egalitarian systems.
capitalism actually encourages both. as they are profitable activities.
Exactly!