I don't think the burden to purchase ethically sourced skate goods should fall on the consumer. Why is it my fault that Erik Ellington partnered with a chinese company that is potentially using muslim labor in their camps?
I don't think buying a pair of Ni-Lings Skate line will have an impact, although I would probably feel liek shit.
Shouldn't this burden be placed on their government and or companies by using sanctions, incentives etc?
Second to that. People say average citizens should save water, recycle and blah blah. Fair enough, but how about the big companies?
For instance, 70% of all the water used in the world goes to agriculture, 100 companies are responsible for 71% of all global emissions, O&G companies set the sea on fire and some hippie tells me I'm the one to blame for climate change because I didn't buy a vegan pair of shoes and don't commute by bike to work? Oh, come on.
Take Vale, for example. In the short space of 4 years, they had two major dam disasters - one killed nearly 300 people and the other released nearly 45 million cubic metres of pollutants. Pretty much nothing happenned to the company.
Of course, you should do your part, but focusing on us, instead of the big corporations, is silly.
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