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“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children
(www.democracynow.org)
this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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Tasers and combat avionics systems need cobalt, too, but never seem to come up as often.
I'm guessing because most people don't own those?
Pfft, amateurs.
I mean, let I checked, I didn’t have a combat avionics system in my jeans pocket.
Not with that kind of attitude
Gotta play the blame game. Its our fault they exploit foreign children because we don't use the pay-rise they didn't give us, to buy ethically produced goods they don't offer, so that there is enough money to pay the slaves and quench their unquenchable greed.
If we paid them twice as much for their products, that kid wouldn't see a penny more. They'd pocket the difference for themselves because the free market doesn't fix shit.