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by silisili 966 days ago
Where is the line drawn? AFAICT we just outsourced slavery, which is equally abhorrent. We all own electronics, clothes, and other trinkets made under duress, and knowingly. Should we all be denigrated and forgotten for turning a blind eye?
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Yeah I can't imagine history is going to be very kind to us https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57522186

Audubon was born into a world where slavery was considered a perfectly normal part of life and widely practiced. We don't have that excuse. We're supposed to know better than this. We just try to forget about the slaves that made our iphones and give a pass to the corporations responsible.

We do as all times do, glorify what we do, ignore the evil we do, and complain about those before us who did the evil we do not do.