#because a lot of the stuff we buy is mined and built and sowed and picked by modern slaves and child labour

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I just read the worst take ever on The Ones who walk away from Omelas but i'm being so brave about it.

#omelas #the ones who walk away from omelas #ursula k le guin #''walking away is a stupid and useless way to protest because it doesen't save the child and it's in many ways the simplest choice'' #shut up shut up shut up shut up #even if you can't do anything for the child deciding you can't ethically live in a place built on the suffering of an innocent child #is not equivalent to keep living in omelas #deciding to walk away is inherently more moral than keep living there because you are not exploiting them #even if you couldn't save them at least you can separate yourself from the exploitation #also the author is talking about capitalism #because a lot of the stuff we buy is mined and built and sowed and picked by modern slaves and child labour #think about chocolate or the materials that go into making our phones or the emerald and diamond mines in africa #can you do anything for these people? mostly no. is chosing to not buy the results of slave labour better than buying it? yeah #i would also argue that anyone who keeps living in omelas is directly responsible for the exploitation of the child #since the torture of the child is only happening for Omelas and the people who live there. specifically for their happiness #so if everyone walked away the child would not need to be in the basement anymore #the only reason this child is in the basement is to make the people who live in omelas happy