• trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    28
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    11 months ago

    I absolutely detest these incompetent trash journalists pretending like this is JUST a mars problem.

    If you’ve ever eaten chocolate or seen chocolate on a shelf a child slave was used to acquire it.

    There is not a single large-scale chocolate operation that does not utilize child slavery in the supply chain and pretending like this is ‘only a mars issue’ is fucking disgusting

      • danciestlobster@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        11 months ago

        Fair trade is quite a fallable system too unfortunately. And the honest answer is it isn’t truly known what chocolate has slavery involved for just regular child labor but it is fairly safe to assume most at least are likely to involve it, even fair trade and other similar certifications

        • PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          11 months ago

          Yea apparently the farms know in advance about the inspections and move the kids somewhere else during inspection and they’re back the next day.