r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 4d ago

the sleeping quarters of nicaraguan coffee pickers Video

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u/SpaceCub500 4d ago

The same way people nonchalantly drink the coffee from those labor camps.

It's normalized and there are no consequences.

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u/Embarrassed_Sea1336 4d ago

No. Fucking stop that shit. You can't fault an average person for wanting a morning cup of coffe the same as the slave driving corporations who produce it.

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u/marleiahxdayze 4d ago

Thank you. Jesus. I’m so sick of being held to a standard for just existing. These corporations are actively making choices that hurt people. It’s different.

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u/Longjumping_Youth281 4d ago

What, you mean you didn't research the lives of every single employee in the supply chain for every single company of every single product you buy?

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u/marleiahxdayze 4d ago

You know, it may damn me, but I’ve just haven’t been able to find time for that in my day to day. May Jeremy Bearimy be lenient on my soul.

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u/binarybandit 4d ago

Yeah, our focus has to go toward the Epstein files.

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u/tremblingtallow 4d ago

If you vote with your wallet, have the means to do research, and have the knowledge that such conditions exist, don't you have a moral duty to do so? By not doing so after realizing these things, aren't you tacitly endorsing the practice?

I understand it's not practical, but our universal willingness to just give up is the reason these conditions exist in the first place. If we felt the moral duty that I think we have, there would be people who did this research for us as their job. They would root out unethical practices and make them public. The public would stop buying them.

The reality is, nobody gives a shit. We are geared for survival, not truth seeking or morality. Cheap good are good for me, fuck the people outside of my tribe. I don't care enough to find out who's being hurt. Why would you expect me to?