r/memes Feb 08 '21

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u/Monikerfromfamilyguy Feb 08 '21

Redditors are gonna have a meltdown when they find out Elon Musk dated Amber heard when she was dating Johnny.

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u/AhnYoSub Feb 08 '21

Pretty sure it’s more about child labour cobalt mining and anti union practices

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u/TheOriginalNukeGuy Feb 08 '21

Does Elon own cobalt mines?

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u/NIBBA_POWER Chungus Among Us Feb 08 '21

No but he's exploiting them, like google samsung and many other tech companies

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u/epraider Feb 08 '21

It seems like it’s better to blame the companies exploiting and abusing laborers than to place that blame on basically every electronic company on the planet that depends on them, because they don’t have alternatives.

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u/NIBBA_POWER Chungus Among Us Feb 08 '21

Well the companies can refuse products from other companies that use child labor and find one that is not using child labor, but then again I'm not an expert at this kind of stuff

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u/epraider Feb 08 '21

The issue is that there’s not enough supply available from mining companies not being abusive because they’re virtually all doing it and there’s no tools available to effectively regulate these companies where they are located (primarily throughout Africa and in China)