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  1. Jul 2018
    1. but the tools are there

      The fact that the tools are there and we have done very little to nothing is very sad. This blind ignorance is making us mindless consumers and allowing the exploitation to continue to thrive.

    2. It’s a four-step process; simple in form yet complex in the way it plays out

      Similar to how it will stopped. It is a simple concept: slavery needs to stop. But it is very complex to actually make that happen.

    3. Yours is probably within arm’s reach right now

      Again this obsession with the digital. Anything to get away from our reality.

    4. The good news is that slavery can be stopped

      Slavery CAN be stopped. What is sad is that everyone has this mentality that someone else will do it. This procrastination and lack of responsibility is the real root of the problem.

    5. It makes sense that slavery and environmental destruction would go hand in hand

      Again, people not valuing other's lives also don't value our environment.

    6. Cellphones have become electronic umbilical cords connecting us with our children, our partners

      This relates to what I did in Module 1. Our society has become obsessed with the digital world and portray themselves differently online than they really are sometimes. This disassociates us from reality and sort of dehumanizes us. We see others just as their profiles and don't value them as people as much anymore. Very sad.

    7. Our view of cemetery monuments is normally restricted to what we see when we bury our loved ones or visit their graves.

      This makes me think of Washington DC in a whole new way....

    8. Slavery is a great way to keep your costs down

      I wouldn't say that its a "great way." It is very unethical and I think most people would agree that they would rather pay more for something ethically made.

    9. the quarries themselves are illegal

      Which is probably why slavery is used to mine them. As awful as it sounds, it doesn't matter if someone else gets in trouble with the law as long as you are making profit. Many of the slave owners probably don't care about risking their saves.