It’s also difficult to make good decisions. In modern America, it is hard to get by without at least a cellphone, but how do you as a consumer track the entire supply chain? How do I know which phone is made in part with slavery or people in terrible working conditions? How do I know which is the most environmentally friendly?
This is just one example and there are any number of other products with surprisingly bad supply chains or that might be hiding surprisingly bad practices. We’ve had fruit companies funding coups not that long ago, so what hope does the average consumer have of even attempting to make ethical decisions in their day to day needs?