The dark side of Chocolate!!!
Showing people finding diamond…
Ok then…
Frankly even if this all true, it isn’t my fucking business. If black people want to raise up against their oppressor, then I wish them the best of luck. But I already have my hands full with the gov’s boot on my face to give a rat-ass about other’s problem.
ICE-9
October 31, 2021 9:32 am
Here’s my pre-COVID evil industry list –
1) War
2) Slavery
3) Drugs
4) Diamonds
5) Oil
Here’s my post-COVID evil industry list –
1) War
2) Heath Care
3) Medical Science
4) Politics
5) Slavery
Better to have child slave cocoa bean pickers than child slave murderous soldiers.
Iska Waran
October 31, 2021 2:02 pm
I’m suspicious of an educational video that uses cartoons. That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me if corporations are colluding to suppress the price of cocoa beans. The fundamental problem, then, is that Ivory Coast farmers – and the people of the Ivory Coast generally – don’t have better, more profitable alternative crops and alternative industries. This is not an easy thing to fix. If an international pressure campaign could force crop prices and wages higher, fine. I’d have no problem paying more for the tiny amount of chocolate I buy. Having to rely on foreigners’ good will is not much of a plan for Ivory Coast. I have no suggestions. I could add chocolate to the long list of things I’m boycotting which goes unnoticed.
Glock-N-Load
October 31, 2021 2:17 pm
G.R.E.E.D?
Doc
October 31, 2021 2:43 pm
Look at the sponsor of the video and see if you can find a political angle. Why would this sponsor be so interested in breaking up “the chocolate cartel’? It’s actually a propaganda piece for virtue signalling. The video itself states that 41% percent of the cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast. Where is the rest (the majority) coming from? How about Central and South America, other parts of Africa, and places like the Philippines. Why aren’t they mentioned? I thought so.
Of course there are cartels of every sort (I’m thinking of you American medical establishment).
Iska Waran
October 31, 2021 3:44 pm
In any case, thanks to Stephanie for posting something interesting and thought-provoking.
Don’t you dare F with my coffee. It’s one of the few pleasures I have left in life.
samthere403
October 31, 2021 5:40 pm
I made it to the 1:06 mark. The narrator is so obnoxious talking down to the listener as if the listener is a child that I had to look who posted it. Figures.
fujigm
November 1, 2021 2:01 am
Wow.
I’m all busted up.
Not really.
I’m over it.
Like the first poster Anonymous said, I’ve got my hands full…
Old School Counselor
November 4, 2021 7:14 am
Do not participate in the Halloween corporate candy fest. Do not participate in the Christmas corporate gift fest.
The dark side of Chocolate!!!
Showing people finding diamond…
Ok then…
Frankly even if this all true, it isn’t my fucking business. If black people want to raise up against their oppressor, then I wish them the best of luck. But I already have my hands full with the gov’s boot on my face to give a rat-ass about other’s problem.
Here’s my pre-COVID evil industry list –
1) War
2) Slavery
3) Drugs
4) Diamonds
5) Oil
Here’s my post-COVID evil industry list –
1) War
2) Heath Care
3) Medical Science
4) Politics
5) Slavery
Question: Name the only industries that call their customers “users”?
Answer: Legal/Illegal drugs and software.
Uh oh, just bought a cocoa farm, I’ll have to watch this one…
Better to have child slave cocoa bean pickers than child slave murderous soldiers.
I’m suspicious of an educational video that uses cartoons. That being said, it wouldn’t surprise me if corporations are colluding to suppress the price of cocoa beans. The fundamental problem, then, is that Ivory Coast farmers – and the people of the Ivory Coast generally – don’t have better, more profitable alternative crops and alternative industries. This is not an easy thing to fix. If an international pressure campaign could force crop prices and wages higher, fine. I’d have no problem paying more for the tiny amount of chocolate I buy. Having to rely on foreigners’ good will is not much of a plan for Ivory Coast. I have no suggestions. I could add chocolate to the long list of things I’m boycotting which goes unnoticed.
G.R.E.E.D?
Look at the sponsor of the video and see if you can find a political angle. Why would this sponsor be so interested in breaking up “the chocolate cartel’? It’s actually a propaganda piece for virtue signalling. The video itself states that 41% percent of the cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast. Where is the rest (the majority) coming from? How about Central and South America, other parts of Africa, and places like the Philippines. Why aren’t they mentioned? I thought so.
Of course there are cartels of every sort (I’m thinking of you American medical establishment).
In any case, thanks to Stephanie for posting something interesting and thought-provoking.
Now do coffee…
How dare you.
And after coffee, diamonds…
Don’t you dare F with my coffee. It’s one of the few pleasures I have left in life.
I made it to the 1:06 mark. The narrator is so obnoxious talking down to the listener as if the listener is a child that I had to look who posted it. Figures.
Wow.
I’m all busted up.
Not really.
I’m over it.
Like the first poster Anonymous said, I’ve got my hands full…
Do not participate in the Halloween corporate candy fest. Do not participate in the Christmas corporate gift fest.