Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful

Re:Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful by defrost on Sunday December 10, 2023 @05:19AM (#38590579)

"Artisanal" cobalt mining isn't the source of most of the worlds cobalt, it's an unregulated cowboy side trade that's hard to stamp out.

That said, horrific working conditions abound in today's modern world, another example being "call centre coolies", eg:

Inside the call centre scam that lured vulnerable workers to Cambodia and trapped them in the murky world of human trafficking

these places pop up all over the globe.

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