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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A good start to fixing the poverty is if companies making obscene amounts of money from their labor start fairly paying people in these areas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

๐Ÿคฃ... sorry, but since when have any companies paid fairly in any areas?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That is why I'm buying chocolate made in Africa, rather than chocolate made from beans from Africa. That way the value is generated there and not here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

How does one do that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Does it affect the kids?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because, being from Africa, they are immune to abusing these kids? They can still source from these farms, no matter where your money ends up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's not about child abuse, it's about not making enough money so they need their children to help out. If they get a fair salary, they don't need to exploit their kids for labor.