Political Memes

That was intentional, because they can't guarantee that it wasn't actually made by slaves.

We're "more or less slave free as long we don't ask our suppliers too many questions" chocolate!

I'm sure that was deliberate

wink wink

The region of Africa where the cocoa plant is harvested is so chaotic that it's impossible to say 100% that no slaves, children, or even child slaves are used in the farming process. There's a documentary that follows UN workers onto farms and they ask the kids working how old they are and every single one says 21+ when they don't even look like they're 16, and the reporter is like "it's impossible to tell" since most of these people were born out in a village and don't get a birth certificate until they are around 10+ years old, and then it's just the doctor asking them how old they are and when is their birthday.

As opposed to American Prison Labor, which is fine, as stated in the unchangeable constitution in the 13th amendment.

American desperate separated refugee child labour

Ftfy

More like 'We do NOT "jack off" into the clam chowder'

Or when fruit juice explicitely has a vegan label on it. Uh, I would hope so.

They don’t put slaves into chocolate.

The flavor is in the suffering

And that they make up a lower proportion of all humans than at any point in recorded human history.

It's a big problem but it's one that people are putting a lot of effort into solving.

To clarify, a higher total number, not a higher per Capita/percentage. Also, while modern slavery is definitely terrible, it also is very different from how most people I think conceptualize slavery, like chattel slavery.

I post a lot, but I rarely post political stuff, because it's usually not the kind of content I find funny or enjoyable. I figure I'm probably not alone in that.

On the rare occasion that I post a political meme, I always make a point to drop it in a community for people who have sought it out, like this one. Out of my 1.6k posts on Lemmy so far, I'd be surprised if I've posted here more than 10 times.

But the reason this is advertised is because the big names in chocolate use slavery, and while customers are aware of it, they don't really care enough to change their spending habits. It's common knowledge that our chocolate uses slaves, our phones and shoes use child labor, etc, but we don't have the financial stability to alter our purchasing habits to avoid them, and honestly, most people don't really care about harm coming to someone they don't know in another county, so long as they're still able to buy the products they want.

And it's not just harm to others we can't/don't avoid - from tech, to food, to clothing, companies are charging more money for worse products, but we continue giving them record profits. In the end, the vast majority of consumers allow companies to do whatever they want; giving the companies less regulation and/or putting out even more documentaries to teach people about the atrocities they commit isn't going to change those people's behavior.

The US engages in domestic slavery too.

The 13th amendment has a very convenient loophole:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

It is one of the many reasons, perhaps the largest reason why African Americans are incarcerated at 6 times the rate of White Americans, on a national average.

Yet people still don't believe systemic racism exists.

Greatly exacerbated by capitalism, to the point that it's fair to say it's caused by capitalism

Also, capitalism makes us less cognizant of our supply chain, not more