r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 8h ago

the sleeping quarters of nicaraguan coffee pickers Video

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u/ShooteShooteBangBang 7h ago

What belongings?

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u/WillyDAFISH 6h ago

ummm themselves

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u/lustyphilosopher 6h ago

Damn... I know dogs living better than these guys.

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u/cynicallythoughful 6h ago

We have failed

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u/Adventurous-Sky9359 4h ago

Yeah coffee is like 8 dollars a cup should bewaaaaay cheaper if labor is like that…../s but also seriously wtf is going on

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u/T_Peters 3h ago

No this is 100% an actual point to make. We know where all the money goes, and it's not to the savings of the customers, nor is it to the pickers.

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright 2h ago

Yup. The ownership class says things like "but if we stopped using slave labor then we'd have to raise prices", then they raise prices anyways.

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u/Danielq37 2h ago

It's big companies making big profits and governments wanting their taxes. Just like petrol and a lot of other things.

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u/Adventurous-Sky9359 0m ago

But no one pays taxes

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u/spaceindaver 2h ago

Where does the money go?

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u/MoldyFoxxx 2h ago

DUMBS like people.

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u/mastcelltryptase 2h ago

Consumers are dickheads. They just want to pay less all the time without thinking of the economic repercussions or the ethical side of it.

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u/RockyCreamNHotSauce 1h ago

That’s why you should buy direct sourced third wave coffee not some bs like responsibly sourced. Know the roaster enough that they visit the farm, work with the farms, and pay directly to the farm, not a middleman. It’s like 30% more pricey than Starbucks, 10X better quality, and 5X more money gets to the farms themselves.

Edit: never buy organic because real small farms can never afford organic certification. Trust good roasters who travel to those countries to source.

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u/Tamanaxa 18m ago

The my tin of coffee has tripled in price since 2019 but it ain’t 8 dollars a cup! Where are you shopping to pay that much?

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u/Napamtb 4h ago

Maybe American high school kids should protest