Swing and a miss. Like its a noble goal but you probably should shoot for a different reason. Its no secret that a portion of migrants workers in the agricultural sector are also children. While the exact number is unknown, an estimated 30,000 to 79,325 children between the ages of ten and seventeen are exploited for their work on U.S. farms each year.
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aeternum@kbin.social 8 months ago
Sounds like a good reason to stop eating chickens (and all animals).
ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social 8 months ago
OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one 8 months ago
Are they exploited on farms that grow feed for chickens and cattle? Because if so, I could imagine someone making an argument for “lessening” child labor with their economic choices by simply eating the grains directly.
agarorn@feddit.de 8 months ago
Grains can be farmed very effectively with big machines. You need most humans for vegetables.
OwenEverbinde@lemmy.myserv.one 8 months ago
Excellent response. Thank you.
So the most ethical diet choice is then “buy your meat local and make sure you know your butcher is over 16” ?
Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Only if they harvest the grains themselves (and not including their own kids in the process).
ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social 8 months ago
Except you are just offloading the child labor for native born citizens but still not caring about the migrant workers since they will still just be working those grain farms.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
why?
mrbubblesort@kbin.social 8 months ago
Is this an argument we should be having? Sure all right. Is this where we should be having it? Probably not. It's a huge non sequitur to bring that up within the context of child labor, and at best, makes you look "out of touch"
TigrisMorte@kbin.social 8 months ago
Child labor pales in comparison to the importance of their moral superiority. /s