Sunday, January 22, 2012

Ch. 4; Sweet Nexus: Sugar and the Origins of the Modern World


The introduction of mass production was clearly exemplified in the sugar industry in the Americas as well as in Europe.  What ticked me off the most was that even though people were aware of the treatment of the slaves, who were the ones that worked the fields in the Americas, they did not bother to do anything.  This brings about some of the problems that we are currently facing and the problems that some activist groups are trying to resolve.  In the current day, there are many companies that continue to exploit their workers who have no choice but continue working in the same manner because they either work or die of hunger.  Of course, the treatment that some of these employers give their workers are not the same as they were back then, it still includes horrible working conditions, low wages and hazardous exposure to chemicals in certain situations.  All of this only benefits the so called ‘big fish’ of the company whose aim is to increase the profits. 

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