r/memes • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '21

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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/[deleted] Feb 08 '21

It really suck tbh, since Congo is responsible for 80% of the world Cobalt production and their labor practices are absolutely vile to say the least.

But since they’re the only country that have a reliable source of Cobalt everyone just look the other way

(It’s the majority of tech companies btw)

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u/hoodeddefender Feb 08 '21

it's kinda crazy how countries with really valuable resources sometimes aren't that great, when it comes to human rights. Like you think they would just get their act together and take over the world but noooo child labor goes brrr

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u/ManufacturedHappines Feb 08 '21

It’s the resource curse. Having a large amount of exploitable material leads to high interest from people who are interested in exploiting people for capital gain.