[arcanemachiner]

There's a reason that developing countries end up recycling e-waste, and crying racism does nothing to change that.

[permo-w]

it may well be racist or more likely overly western-centric, but it’s mostly just not helpful to talk like that. besides, these issues aren’t solved by well-meaning volunteers in developing nations, they’re solved by government action on a macro scale

[thrown_22]

I wasn't aware that the third world had a single race.

Do you per chance also think that poor kids are just as smart as white kids like the current president?

>It's on all of us to make a difference, however small.

Great, so why aren't you an e-waste recycler?

[permo-w]

if you think there should be less crime and a better police force, you don’t go and fight crime on the streets, do you?

in the same way, sure you can go off to Bangladesh to sort through e-waste, but the real issue is how our governments regulate industry

saying “why don’t you go and be the batman of e-waste?” just poisons the debate and helps no one.

throwaway accounts are for sensitive information, not so you can be rude to people you disagree with without damaging your credibility