Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCandy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation findswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaresnekerpimp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoMeanwhile Americans eat beef from slaughter houses in the Midwest that use children as a cleaning service.
minus-squareLinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBoth of these problems are capitalism
minus-squareGigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoChild exploitation is not unique to capitalism.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoNeither is rent-seeking, but both are much more widespread and severe under capitalism than more egalitarian systems.
minus-squareporcariasagrada@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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!