The human cost of chocolate

[KelJu]

I'm willing to be that I know more about Africa than you do. It's a study of mine for one of the jobs that I do.



It has the worst slavery problem in the world. 8% of Niger are slaves right now. 1.8 million people.

However, not everyone that works in Africa is a slave. But feel free to make up whatever shit you want in this discussion. I must've missed the part where it stated the kids were slaves.



Ignorant is what you are. With a minor is making shit up. I know it's bad over there. Much more than you seem to.

You are correct in that I don't give a rat's ass about them. They do it to themselves. They've done it for thousands of years. The only time that all the shit abated when during European rule. Then they kicked the Europeans out. They didn't try to work with them. They didn't try to learn. The just booted them out and called it a "win." Now it's "Boo, hoo! Come help us!" The Belgians even offered to do a transition, but they Africans said "no".

I'm all for not buying anything from Africa. That'll teach 'em.

I also can't help but notice that your post is pretty fucking short on how to fix the problem.

I'm not going to reply to anything in your post except for the bolded text and the last sentence because most of it is bullshit and lame ass justification for more bullshit. I got what I wanted which was to get you to just fucking admit that you don't give a shit which is really my only point.

Now, for the question of what do we do about it. I have no fucking clue. I have ideas, but the clusterfuck which is Africa wasn't caused in a day, and the solutions won't fix it in a day. It would take massive amounts of time, money, effort, and intelligence, all of which people have very little to devote to Africa. Seems like almost every idea we have tried in good faith makes their problems worse.

I can't help Africa anymore than I can help the dog that I saw get hit by a car last week. All I can saw is I cared for a moment and then went on about my day.

 

[DOMS]

I'm not going to reply to anything in your post except for the bolded text and the last sentence because most of it is bullshit and lame ass justification for more bullshit. I got what I wanted which was to get you to just fucking admit that you don't give a shit which is really my only point.

Yes, because reality and facts are bullshit and lame.

First you say that I'm a hypocrite because I don't think that DEA agents should die for enforcing the laws laid out by its citizens, yet I don't give a rat's ass about people in Africa. I point out that it's not, which you ignore and the move on to...

Claiming that I'm ignorant about Africa. To which I point out numerous facts about how Africa is hopeless, to which you ignore.

In short, you've got shit. Other than the moral superiority you give yourself, that is.

Now, for the question of what do we do about it. I have no fucking clue. I have ideas, but the clusterfuck which is Africa wasn't caused in a day, and the solutions won't fix it in a day. It would take massive amounts of time, money, effort, and intelligence, all of which people have very little to devote to Africa. Seems like almost every idea we have tried in good faith makes their problems worse.

I can't help Africa anymore than I can help the dog that I saw get hit by a car last week. All I can saw is I cared for a moment and then went on about my day.

The difference between a dog getting hit by a car is that it wasn't the dog's fault. And the dog's offspring aren't going to run back in front of the same car, just to get hit.

This isn't some accident or natural disaster. It's self-inflicted. I have zero sympathy.

 

[Curt James]

So, where are we at here? Everyone sucks, everyone's wrong, everyone's still eating chocolate?

 

[Dark Geared God]

So, where are we at here? Everyone sucks, everyone's wrong, everyone's still eating chocolate?

yes to all

 

[TonyMack]

There's a human cost to everything we do! My Nikes weren't made by someone with a 401k and a BMW...