No electricity or running water, no paving on the roads, and good luck if you needed a doctor,
I've lived in a couple places that had electricity suspended at least twice, but just imagining this EVERY DAY... We take these luxuries for granted in this country, even though we work hard and are lucky enough to to just that.
There is a deadly triangular trade going on today
Does this remind anybody of the Transatlantic slave trade?
The good news is that slavery can be stopped.
But HOW LONG will it take to stop this slavery?
But all this normally happens far from any prying eyes. It’s a hidden world that keeps its secrets.
“See the little girl playing with the hammer?” asked a local investigator. “Along with the child, the size of the hammer grows, and that’s the only progress in her life.”
Early age indoctrination at work here.
the quarries themselves are illegal, paying no mining permits or taxes.
This makes me wonder about similar operations in the United States. How many legitimate-looking businesses are running back-operations in order to keep up with demand?
a bribe here and there means local police and forest rangers turn a blind eye.
Sounds like the NYPD.... Money makes the world go round.
Slavery is a great way to keep your costs down
Quite so, one would say that slavery costs almost nothing. The best way to avoid criticism is to call the slavery by another name.