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Are consumers in search of bargains complicit in modern slavery? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by tomasz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] BlackLotus@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Slavery is a systemic problem and there aren't individualistic solutions to these types of problems. You either seek to overthrow capitalism and build socialism, or you're complicit in modern slavery. No one is complicit in modern slavery for buying the things they need, bargain or otherwise, to survive and have a pleasant existence.

The system which enables people to directly exploit others in order to extract surplus value, whether by slavery or wage labor, is the problem, not the individuals compelled to participate.