The Street Takes Voice

Lack of regulation, harsh labor conditions, and poor wages make child labor a regular practice in the diamond trade. Children are commonly considered an easy source of cheap labor and are often sent into small areas of mines that adults aren’t able to enter.


In Angola, a recent study found 46% of miners are under the age of 16, with many of the children working because of war, poverty, and the absence of education.

STUDENTS WHO ACQUIRE LARGE DEBTS PUTTING THEMSELVES THROUGH SCHOOL ARE UNLIKELY TO THINK ABOUT CHANGING SOCIETY. WHEN YOU TRAP PEOPLE IN A SYSTEM OF DEBT THEY CAN’T AFFORD THE TIME TO THINK. TUITION FEE INCREASES ARE A “DISCIPLINARY TECHNIQUE,” AND, BY THE TIME STUDENTS GRADUATE, THEY ARE NOT ONLY LOADED WITH DEBT, BUT HAVE ALSO INTERNALIZED THE “DISCIPLINARIAN CULTURE.” THIS MAKES THEM EFFICIENT COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER ECONOMY.

Noam Chomsky

La Muse Verte

Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, then beat you with experience.— Mark Twain 


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