The job of journalists is simply to point out grievances. And when it comes to children, I find it very difficult to discuss it away in a succinct way.
Children simply belong in school, even in developing countries, and do not have to feed their families.
And in such an interconnected and global world, I don't think it's in keeping with the times to let countries solve the problem themselves, as the kings did in the Middle Ages.
Fortunately, unlike in the Middle Ages, there are media that uncover grievances and draw attention to them.
And I think that this report will make some consumers rethink their purchasing behavior and perhaps automatically force the industry to rethink.
Children simply belong in school, even in developing countries, and do not have to feed their families.
And in such an interconnected and global world, I don't think it's in keeping with the times to let countries solve the problem themselves, as the kings did in the Middle Ages.
Fortunately, unlike in the Middle Ages, there are media that uncover grievances and draw attention to them.
And I think that this report will make some consumers rethink their purchasing behavior and perhaps automatically force the industry to rethink.
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@Tenbagger2024 Standing up for children is noble and the right thing to do. But you can start with that in this country. If we could manage to protect our children from sexual assault, that would be pretty powerful. Incidentally, most developing countries manage this much better than we do.
Sending all children to school is also a noble goal. But do you know if there are even enough schools? And teachers? These are the things that nobody thinks about here. We imagine that we can somehow solve everything from our sofa at home, but it's not that simple. In many countries that tolerate child labor, the alternative is not a cozy, heated school, but things that are much crueler and worse. The children then end up with human traffickers or warlords or drug cartels. These countries are structurally incapable of solving all problems at once, which is why it makes sense to start with those that are most urgent.
And we're not talking about the Middle Ages here. Child labor in agriculture was only banned in (West) Germany in 1960! We had already taken the children out of the mines in 1839, which means it took over 120 YEARS to gradually abolish it. And you expect the German consumer to order this from the comfort of their couch and for it to be gratefully implemented in the farthest corners of the world tomorrow.
Sending all children to school is also a noble goal. But do you know if there are even enough schools? And teachers? These are the things that nobody thinks about here. We imagine that we can somehow solve everything from our sofa at home, but it's not that simple. In many countries that tolerate child labor, the alternative is not a cozy, heated school, but things that are much crueler and worse. The children then end up with human traffickers or warlords or drug cartels. These countries are structurally incapable of solving all problems at once, which is why it makes sense to start with those that are most urgent.
And we're not talking about the Middle Ages here. Child labor in agriculture was only banned in (West) Germany in 1960! We had already taken the children out of the mines in 1839, which means it took over 120 YEARS to gradually abolish it. And you expect the German consumer to order this from the comfort of their couch and for it to be gratefully implemented in the farthest corners of the world tomorrow.
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