"Hands off Africa": Pope Francis denounces "economic exploitation" during historic visit to Democratic Republic Of Congo

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Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. Roughly 75 percent of the world’s supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo

 

[excalibur]

That should include 0 African emigration to the West.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. Roughly 75 percent of the world’s supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo

What is "economic exploitation"?

 

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What is "economic exploitation"?

paying poor 3rd world workers slave wages so that the rich get cool stuff like iphones and shoes

 

[basquebromance]

What is "economic exploitation"?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

paying poor 3rd world workers slave wages so that the rich get cool stuff like iphones and shoes

Slaves don't get wages.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Bernie is funny.

 

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