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Axelle
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All cobalt sourced from the DRC is tainted by various degrees of abuse, including slavery, child & forced labor, debt bondage, human trafficking, hazardous and toxic working conditions, pathetic wages, injury and death, and incalculable environmental harm. Although there are bad actors at every link in the chain, it wouldn't exist were it not for the demand for cobalt created by the companies at the top.
Capitalism
— Feb 05, 2026 01:23AM
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Axelle
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Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected—the cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of accountability through a shrewd scheme of obfuscation adorned with hypocritical proclamations about the preservation of human rights. It is a system of absolute exploitation for absolute profit.
— Feb 05, 2026 01:56AM
Axelle
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In fact, no one seems to accept responsibility at all for the negative consequences of cobalt mining in the Congo—not the Congolese government, not foreign mining companies, not battery manufacturers, and certainly not mega-cap tech and car companies. Accountability vanishes like morning mist in the Katangan hills as it travels through the opaque supply chains that connect stone to phone and car.
— Feb 05, 2026 01:21AM
