Applying eurocentrism to countries and cultures that are incapable of that level of sophistication inevitably results in horrible outcomes.
If you look at societies as a form of evolution, with western societies being at the peak (as hard as that is to say with a straight face anymore), you are essentially demanding any society below that level engage in a quantum leap forward, bypassing all the foundational changes which allowed us to reach the point we are at now.
Every one of our nations at one point used child labor in order to reach the point where we are at now. But over time, we reached a level of competency in which child labor either became unnecessary or even prohibitive, as a child who is working cannot also be educated in the same way we do now. It's a "growing pain" of society as it progresses through the different levels of sophistication.
You can't force these kind of changes. If you stop children from working outright, it will simply result in additional poverty or children working in much less savory professions, like prostitution. Further, we have tried this enough times that we actually have historical data which shows what happens when you abolish child labor in countries that currently rely on it at a societal level. It just does not work the way we want it to. And refusing to accept that forcing other societies to behave a certain way based off of our values, our judgments, and our level of sophistication is doing little more than causing massive suffering around the world.
The answer here is to disapprove of the method while simultaneously supporting it in a way that, hopefully, will accelerate the other society's ability to progress to the next stage. But again, we can't do that until we stop viewing the world through the lens that it should follow the European way, and it should follow it immediately.
[ + ] NuckFiggers
[ - ] NuckFiggers 0 points 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 13:07:37 ago (+0/-0)
Fuck nigger children. They have received TRILLIONS of dollars and generations of help. How long will it take to fix that shithole?
Let Africa take care of Africa
The bigger problem is when I buy chocolate it's Nestle because they do the same. Now I have a decision, what am I going to do?
[ + ] TomMacdonald
[ - ] TomMacdonald 0 points 1.4 yearsJan 28, 2024 20:29:17 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Jinglebanger
[ - ] Jinglebanger 0 points 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 16:01:10 ago (+0/-0)
If you look at societies as a form of evolution, with western societies being at the peak (as hard as that is to say with a straight face anymore), you are essentially demanding any society below that level engage in a quantum leap forward, bypassing all the foundational changes which allowed us to reach the point we are at now.
Every one of our nations at one point used child labor in order to reach the point where we are at now. But over time, we reached a level of competency in which child labor either became unnecessary or even prohibitive, as a child who is working cannot also be educated in the same way we do now. It's a "growing pain" of society as it progresses through the different levels of sophistication.
You can't force these kind of changes. If you stop children from working outright, it will simply result in additional poverty or children working in much less savory professions, like prostitution. Further, we have tried this enough times that we actually have historical data which shows what happens when you abolish child labor in countries that currently rely on it at a societal level. It just does not work the way we want it to. And refusing to accept that forcing other societies to behave a certain way based off of our values, our judgments, and our level of sophistication is doing little more than causing massive suffering around the world.
The answer here is to disapprove of the method while simultaneously supporting it in a way that, hopefully, will accelerate the other society's ability to progress to the next stage. But again, we can't do that until we stop viewing the world through the lens that it should follow the European way, and it should follow it immediately.
[ + ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey
[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 1 point 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 09:15:19 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] VitaminSieg
[ - ] VitaminSieg 1 point 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 10:42:59 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Wahaha
[ - ] Wahaha 1 point 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 15:37:00 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Nosferatjew
[ - ] Nosferatjew 1 point 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 16:14:46 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] HeavyBrain
[ - ] HeavyBrain 2 points 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 06:36:45 ago (+2/-0)
That being said I stay away from the expensive crap as it all comes from the same source.
[ + ] Jfjdjsksk
[ - ] Jfjdjsksk 2 points 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 09:31:59 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] RMGoetbbels
[ - ] RMGoetbbels 3 points 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 09:58:02 ago (+3/-0)
Just like in the US, niglets don't know who daddy is and are being raised by mee mah lol!
[ + ] BoozyB
[ - ] BoozyB 5 points 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 06:44:45 ago (+5/-0)
I fixed it so it's a little closer to the truth.
[ + ] yesiknow
[ - ] yesiknow 6 points 1.4 yearsJan 25, 2024 06:24:23 ago (+6/-0)
That's enough to know I don't buy lindt.