brettorlob

I'm in poverty, I have a sweet tooth and I love hot cocoa. Even if I'm willing to spend marginally more for something marked as"fair trade" I'm driving up the value of the commodity itself. This leaves me three distinct choices; getting my sugar elsewhere, spending marginally more for quasi "ethical" Cocoa, or directly benefiting some of the worst labor abusers in the world by buying their product.

Given those beliefs are correct (please correct me if they're not) how much benefit do workers get from my choice to buy selectively sourced cocoa (and coffee for that matter)?

Thank you for the resources. It's very difficult (by design) for a US consumer to tell the good from the bad.

Why would it matter if Tommy Robinson is only in it for the money?

Rhetoric has its impact independently of the belief system of the person propagating it. To the person hearing the lies and disinformation, the fact the person delivering the lies & disinformation knows them to be lies and disinformation is obscured by the parasocial nature of online and celebrity relationships. Either way, the hate reaches its target.