Despite modest efforts to prevent it, Lindt exploits child labour. It is very difficult to source ethical chocolate. Many of the products from Canadian manufactures exploit actual slaves, both adult, and children. And of course, milk requires rape, torture, and murder of individuals to produce.
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cows aren't raped, or tortured.
I'm sorry, you had me up until whatever you just said about milk, did I miss something??
Your ignorance has been induced to control you and compel you to be cruel and violent, doing things that are contrary to the values that you wish to hold.
The cow must be impregnated for it to produce milk, repeatedly if milk production is to be sustained.
Modern cows are genetic freaks that produce ludicrous amounts of dairy compared to non domesticated bovine variants. this can be quite painful for the animal. Not to mention the unnatural methods of collecting the milk which can and does result in injury. Plus the emotional stress of being separated from her calf more or less as soon as it's born.
Once you have stimulated dairy production with pregnancy the resulting calf is surplus to requirements so is usually killed if it is male, or is pressed into dairy production like its mother if female.
Before i start getting comments, no i'm not a vegan. i'm just conscious of where my food comes from
so is usually killed if it is male
this is said as though they are just killed and left to rot. the vast majority are brought to full weight before slaughter
As herd animals, cows are at least as socially sophisticated as we are, arguably more in some ways. They are capable of receiving trauma the same as we are. I don't have evidence that cows suffer sexual trauma in "rape racks" (as the industry shockingly calls them), but there is ample and undeniable evidence that when their calves are taken, they understand exactly what they have lost. Farmers report that the mothers spend weeks or even months in distress, bellowing and crying actual tears like any human mother would. They deliver a single calf after nine months, and they have the same bond that we do.
People need to know this, they need to understand this. They need to comprehend the choices that they are making, though the true consequences of their choices are intentionally hidden from them. When I finally understood what I had been doing, I was filled with such horror, sorrow, and regret, it was unbearable. I can never take back what I have done, and I wish I had anyone who could have helped me see it sooner.
This may be necessary even if tariffs do not go into effect since many Canadians will be boycotting US produced goods as long as Trump is alive.
Stop putting milk in your dark chocolate, and I'll start caring.
They do make 100% dark chocolate, it tastes like you would imagine.
I thought it would belong to one of those food industry behemoths but it's actually Independent, headquarters in Switzerland and majorly owned by themselves.
I’m Swiss and my Uncle works for Lindt.
One fun fact about Lindt is that the vast majority of their employees work in France, because it’s cheaper. It’s mostly headquartered in Switzerland to keep the “Swiss Choclate” branding and because it was historically swiss.
I plan on visiting the lindt holy land one day. Like the headquarters, been to the country once already.
Just make sure to follow whatever arbitrary rules the tour has.
You don’t want them to have to stretch or press you.
They need to bring the dairy-free ones over from Europe!
neither the us nor europe are where chocolate comes from
Europe invented chocolate, so there is that.