sicilian

I think I know who the troll is now. I gave you the benefit of the doubt, but now I'm just going to ignore you like that other guy.

If you're not trolling, then I hope one day you can learn from your ignorance.

No, you are incorrect, misinformed, and lack the reading comprehension necessary to have a productive conversation.

For example, you think Ecuador and Brazil are Western countries and continue to argue that case. You put your ignorance on full display, and then cry foul when someone calls you out on it.

You are just hating on Chinese people while propping big corp like the Donald Bowman-stan you are.

It's the exact opposite. This is how I know that you cannot comprehend what you read.

You need to help yourself before others can help you.

More angry nonsense.

I've engaged in good-faith discussion, but you have proven yourself incapable of comprehending what you read.

Wow, you really need to work on your reading comprehension.

I don't have the time nor the patience to continue explaining myself to someone like you. You need more education to understand what's going on.

You might want to do a bit more research, you've been wrong multiple times here.

First off, the largest producers and exporters of cocoa are the Ivory Coast and Ghana. ~1.5 million children are involved in cocoa farming in West Africa.

Second, the importation of Chinese EVs is heavily restricted or outright banned in many Western nations. The news article isn't going to mention the real motives behind the concern over working conditions because that's how propaganda works.

The problem is that you are woefully misinformed.

I'm replying to news about working conditions that create competition for Western companies and contrasted it with working conditions that don't create competition for Western companies.

You don't see Western politicians arguing to outlaw chocolate based on working conditions, but you do see it for cars. I explained why this is the case.

Now who's trying to start shit?

Welcome to the blocklist.

No, it's part of Western consumerism that makes it true.

If they didn't do what I'm accusing them of, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Wrong again.

If you're just going to spout angry nonsense, I'm going to ignore you.

You guessed wrong.

I suggest you take some time away from the computer and recollect your thoughts. You clearly have no idea what's going on here.

It's nice that you do, but hopefully you can understand that most Westerners don't. They will use this as an excuse to buy Western products at inflated prices that people can only afford by screwing others over.

"So what if these factory workers have better working conditions than the people who farm cocoa for my chocolate? They're creating competition for my rulers, and I can't have that!"

Why do Westerners care about working conditions for cars but not, say, the production of cocoa? Cocoa producers face way more exploitation, including child labor.

A: It's so they can drive up labor costs for their competitors and convince people to buy Western products.

They don't actually care about the well-being of workers. This is why you'll see them bitch about working conditions in factories, but not in the mines that produce materials for those factories.