this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2024
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The unethical treatment (borderline or literal slavery) to get the metals the car runs on. Same with real diamonds and gems, meat, many other things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Which also applies to the phones/laptops people are reading this thread on, along with pretty much all technology we consider essential nowadays

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Yup. You can live off the land, or you can be complicit in the pain of others. Most of us choose the latter out of convenience.