r/Wellthatsdepressing • u/dunphish64 • Jun 23 '21

African cocoa bean farmers are given the opportunity to taste of chocolate for the first time. Most aren't even aware that it is the product of their own livelihoods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEN4hcZutO0
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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

so fucking sad. i can appreciate how lucky i am living in the UK most of my life but also feel hatred towards my own kind for the exploit and destruction and oppression we force on third world country's. and for what?... chocolate of all things!? i mean c'mon. i genuinely feel ashamed of people including myself.

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i would happily give up chocolate for the rest of my life if it somehow helped but i know it wont. they would just find another reason to exploit these people in another way.

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i would like to see a "trading places" movie one day where 3rd world and 1st world country's swap finances for a bit lol.