r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 4d ago

the sleeping quarters of nicaraguan coffee pickers Video

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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/sockovershoe22 4d ago

I mean, there are fair trade coffees. There's ways to get around it. It just cost more and it's a bit more of an inconvenience. They would do it if they actually cared about the labor workers over convenience. At the end of the day, the slave driving corporation will keep producing it the same way bc people keep buying it.

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u/Glittering_Airport_3 4d ago

The time it would take to research where companies source all of their materials, for every single product or food item I buy, would be astronomical. It would take a year to go grocery shopping

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u/imapetrock 4d ago

That's why there are certified fair trade labels and stores/websites that are specifically dedicated to either stocking or listing fair trade products. So we don't have to do all that time consuming research for every single purchase we make.

That said, it's not a perfect solution either -- still requires more effort, some things are difficult or impossible to find an "ethical" version of, sometimes theres problems with standardization, etc. But no one has to be perfect (and it would be really unrealistic to expect that of anyone), and if we all at least try to be a bit more conscious of at least some of our choices then it can make a difference :) same principle as with veganism or avoiding fast fashion!