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Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland by pietrovismara on Friday March 19, 2021 @09:54AM (#26513338)
> With lower safety/environmental standards, lower wages

Well, no, thanks. I'd rather not be forced to enslave my people in order to compete with western capitalism.

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Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland by imtringued on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:26AM (#26523081)
Rich people get to choose, poor people must obey. Why would you voluntarily decide to stay poor if you had the choice to become rich?
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Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland by mbg721 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:28AM (#26523094)
The freedom of no longer spending resources keeping up with the Joneses?
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Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland by Mauricebranagh on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:00PM (#26514901)
Its not like those countries would have had higher labour standards in the first place.
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Re:Ghana will no longer sell cocoa to Switzerland by ISL on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:59AM (#26514886)
The people of some countries are already enslaved by poverty and corruption. The pragmatic question is: will attracting outside capital improve the situation of the populace or not?
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