Watched this video about child labor involved in mining mica which is provides glitter and glow in a lot of makeup products. Sometimes abstinence is not the best answer. Say companies used only synthetic mica in their products and consumers stopped using anything that could have child labor involved, it would not necessarily right the wrongs. It is just an easy way to to skirt responsibility.
Made me think of other areas in life where our knee-jerk reaction would be to cease and desist when we see ourselves as a contributor to a problem. It takes a lot more effort and courage to step in and create organic change. It will hardly be the perfect solution, there may be no big moral victory, some may even suffer more as a result of such direct intervention. Yet, in the end it is the more mature and responsible response to a problem where you are part of the cause.
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