Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation finds

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Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation finds
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Because capitalists have had an effective propaganda campaign to make them think "made in the USA" is good. It don't mean shit. We need the union label back.

if rules are in the way of profit it is not profit that is going to lose. this was, is and will always be the core problem of capitalism. it is profitable to break the rules.

Or more to the point, the people in charge of making and enforcing the rules ensure that the rules are either not enforced at all, or that the penalty for breaking them is small enough to be seen as just a cost of doing business.

My shorthand definition of capitalism is when everything is for sale, and that includes laws.

Can we grow sugar? Just curious

The US? We do grow sugar. But many farms in America hire child laborers. This isn't solely a problem with imported agricultural goods.

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