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Re:The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Ch... by trasz on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @02:39PM (#32242142)
>How many plastic widgets and doodads in your house were made by an effective slave in China?

Or US, which, differently from China, has, in 2022, an entire official slave business, reportedly being an important part of some states' economy. But it's always China that gets mentioned; isn't that strange?

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Re:The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Ch... by colpabar on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @02:44PM (#32242231)
come on man, how can you make such a claim without posting a link
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Re:The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Ch... by PAPPPmAc on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @03:01PM (#32242465)
Pretty sure they're referring to prison labor, eg. https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploit...
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Re:The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Ch... by trasz on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:20AM (#32248429)
Also https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/15/us-prison-wo....

But the very fact that it’s not common knowledge is very telling.

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Re:The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Ch... by Ekaros on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:28AM (#32248469)
Yeah, I'm always surprised how country with slavery literally enshrined in its constitution is always so critical of the issue. It is like they are all hypocrites and don't focus first fixing their own crimes.
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