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[โ€“] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Industrialized the refinement of cotton

Can't industrialize the harvesting of cotton

Surely increasing the demand for raw cotton beyond the current supply of raw cotton will reduce the amount of humans used to make cotton, right? R...right?

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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