Children work in Congolese mines where cobalt is extracted for smartphones

Re:Children work in Congolese mines where cobalt is extracte... by camus2 on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:07AM (#14966475)

> The sad thing about these situations is that for the people working for pennies a day, it's better than nothing.

You're assuming they are paid to begin with, there is plenty of child-slavery in Africa. Some of these kids are sold by relatives. They aren't paid at all since the relative has already been paid.

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Re:Children work in Congolese mines where cobalt is extracte... by randyrand on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @04:51AM (#14966709)

Even in america child labor was typically unpaid. Your parents made you work in the fields and in return they fed you and raised you. I would imagine these scenarios are similar.

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