Who's fault would it be?

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Originally Posted by -JiZ53-

so by this logic, we are all complicit in the exploitation of african miners that work to mine the metals used in our phones and computers.

actually you are correct, we are all complicit; the fact that we as a global society choose to do nothing about it is irrelevant

you're making the logical error of conflating a failure of responsibility with a criminal conviction

most of the planet's first world population could be tried and convicted for crimes against humanity given that we are directly funding third world dictatorships and oppression of the respective populations through taxes/foreign aid, but the reality of the world is everyone suffers everywhere and we could all do something about it but we don't because it's inconvenient for us

so the real question op has to ask themself isn't who is at fault but which option is more convenient for their life

ps. humanity will be held responsible for slowly diminishing the earth as a suitable living environment, you know, because, eventually, we'll no longer have a suitable living environment

it's one of the few examples in the universe where retribution is inexorably tied to the crime