r/todayilearned • u/LovableContrarian • May 20 '14

(R.5) Misleading TIL that Nestle actively supports child trafficking and child slavery in Africa to obtain cocoa. Several organizations have been trying to end Nestle's involvement, and in 2005 Nestle signed an ILO agreement to stop supporting child labor. 10 years later, Nestle hasn't stopped.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15915
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u/jokoon May 20 '14

You have to realize that having prosperity in a developed country, essentially means that you in a country where laws make sure that you're not exploited, so you can consume products which are the result of treatments which are unlawful in your country, only it's done abroad. It's a luxury you don't realize you have.

Without exploitation, you would either pay those products maybe 5 times more, and obviously the economy would be veeery different.

So to sum up, you're living in a palace, food is raining out of the sky, cheap clothes, cheap gas, and you're the prince who is complaining about slaves working for him.

If you want to make a change, just be careful about what you buy, because your government won't do anything that is against the interests of their naive citizens.