659. The Innocent Targets Of The Exploiteds' Displaced Revenge
In entry 658 I pointed out, why those, who have the power and position to dictate the world market prices of products from poor countries, are robbers and sometimes even murderers by proxy. In the case of the killed textile workers in Bangladesh, the victimized women had no other options.
Elsewhere, things are sometimes different. What is the textile industry in Bangladesh, is cocoa farming in the Ivory Coast. The cocoa farmers are under a similar pressure of dictated low prices as are the textile factory owners in Bangladesh. The farmers just like the factory owners behave as heartless, cruel, evil and psychopathic perpetrators, but the true culprits are those, who have the power to decide and determine the price paid for the cocoa to the farmers.
In entry 658 I pointed out, why those, who have the power and position to dictate the world market prices of products from poor countries, are robbers and sometimes even murderers by proxy. In the case of the killed textile workers in Bangladesh, the victimized women had no other options.
Elsewhere, things are sometimes different. What is the textile industry in Bangladesh, is cocoa farming in the Ivory Coast. The cocoa farmers are under a similar pressure of dictated low prices as are the textile factory owners in Bangladesh. The farmers just like the factory owners behave as heartless, cruel, evil and psychopathic perpetrators, but the true culprits are those, who have the power to decide and determine the price paid for the cocoa to the farmers.
Ivorian Coastal cocoa farmers are paid 1 € per kilo cocoa beans, which suffices for 40 chocolate bars. But according to the above and other sources, those who are exploited on the cocoa farms are often not locals. They are adults and even children from neighboring countries, who are forced into slavery. They are abducted, detained against their will and not paid.
There is one difference: The slaves on the farms are from neighboring countries, because the Ivorian Coastal young men have found a method to avoid being exploited on the cocoa farms.
From both my own observations when targeted as a victim to be and by many sources I have learned, that the Ivory Coast is at least a major, if not the main home of scammers targeting French speaking people. The damage suffered by the victims adds to huge sums.
This French documentary gives a lot of information:
There is one difference: The slaves on the farms are from neighboring countries, because the Ivorian Coastal young men have found a method to avoid being exploited on the cocoa farms.
From both my own observations when targeted as a victim to be and by many sources I have learned, that the Ivory Coast is at least a major, if not the main home of scammers targeting French speaking people. The damage suffered by the victims adds to huge sums.
This French documentary gives a lot of information:
http://www.escrocs.net/reportage-des-escrocs-du-web-en-cote-divoire.htm
I am far from justifying or condoning scamming and slavery. But the culprits in the Ivory Coast are not proactive criminals, they are reacting to a dire situation, which they have not created or chosen. These young crooks and criminals and their parents had been deprived of any chance for a decent and honest income long before the internet enabled them to begin scamming. They have turned in hostility against all citizens of rich countries, who from a distant perspective appear as if they were to be blamed for the Ivory Coast's misery. The scammers are not aware, that the victims of the scams are themselves just as powerless as are the scammers to stop the exploitation.
I am far from justifying or condoning scamming and slavery. But the culprits in the Ivory Coast are not proactive criminals, they are reacting to a dire situation, which they have not created or chosen. These young crooks and criminals and their parents had been deprived of any chance for a decent and honest income long before the internet enabled them to begin scamming. They have turned in hostility against all citizens of rich countries, who from a distant perspective appear as if they were to be blamed for the Ivory Coast's misery. The scammers are not aware, that the victims of the scams are themselves just as powerless as are the scammers to stop the exploitation.
The real crooks are those, who use economic power to dictate the cocoa price.
I am convinced that any of the scam victims would gladly pay a fair price for chocolate, it this would prevent hopeless youngsters from experiencing hurting others by crime as their only option.
The Ivory Coast scamming cannot be stopped, unless the farmers are receiving a considerably higher price for the cocoa and for all other exported produce.
