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monkeyheadyou t1_iyau2i6 wrote

Reply to comment by BassmanBiff in Forced Uyghur labor is being used in China's solar panel supply chain, researchers say by chrisdh79

Both are equally acted on now. And will continue to be connected forever. Plain fact is that until we fix the one we have power over we can never hope to affect the other. Make your representative fix ours and then they will have some standing to demand change in China.

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BassmanBiff t1_iye4o3n wrote

Totally agreed that fixing problems at home is probably the best way to start trying to fix problems abroad, but I also don't think they're mutually exclusive. Let's absolutely fix the problems here, but calling it out elsewhere doesn't stop us from doing that.

If anything I think it helps to use China as a mirror to say "Look, we hate this when they do it, so why the fuck are we?"

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monkeyheadyou t1_iyeekgn wrote

I was going to say "smart" stuff about us not doing anything then I read some of your comments with links to us doing something. so I will shut up and donate

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