Post AzGrNfpR269YIGOXZ2 by hsivonen@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AzGrNfpR269YIGOXZ2 by hsivonen@mastodon.social
       2025-10-16T15:19:23Z
       
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       If cotton didn’t predate the EU and was introduced today as a plant-based alternative to wool, would the EU ban marketing it as Baumwolle?
       
 (DIR) Post #AzGrNgxGqS0zmr4JPs by snarkweek@mstdn.social
       2025-10-16T15:34:25Z
       
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       @hsivonen Complicated I think. US cotton is again becoming a slave labor crop, since after these unlawful deportations we are seeing, we have to expect the USA to also use those 'inmates' for forced labor. Cotton was classically more profitable, exactly because it exploited humans. Didn't Jack Herrer also write about this?
       
 (DIR) Post #AzGrSYblJ2FlLbKOoq by hsivonen@mastodon.social
       2025-10-16T15:35:12Z
       
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       @snarkweek It’s not a toot about cotton but a toot about soymilk, etc.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzGrsWZzTFTCaKsia8 by snarkweek@mstdn.social
       2025-10-16T15:40:01Z
       
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       @hsivonen Yes. Livestock lobby versus ecological science. In Gaza we see the EU sides with exploitation of humans for profit. With this modus operandi, I expect the cotton lobby to get first class treatment, so they can choose their preferred name and marketing. It's only those products which undermine the business models of exploitation (humans, animals, nature) that I expect the EU would antagonize. It was a quite cynical comment and it's on me that wasn't clear.