“…as we become more alienated from the things we consume, especially while buying online, the out-of-sight,out-of-mind problem becomes more intense.”

—  Ian Urbina

On consumers being willing to avoid abuses in “Wage Theft, Slavery, and Climate Change on the Outlaw Ocean” https://civileats.com/2019/09/27/wage-theft-slavery-and-climate-change-on-the-outlaw-ocean/ (Civil Eats; 2019 Sep 27)

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