TranscriptTitle text: This is how you all fucking sound

[A smug tech bro wearing a sideways cap, watch, chain around his neck stands in front of a data center by a lake with dead fish. A smoke stack blows pollution into the air]

Tech bro: AI is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a suit with cigarette in hand stands in a restaurant while two disgruntled diners cough from the smoke]

Suit: Smoking indoors is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug man in a top hat and suit stands in a factory with two sad and dirty children]

Hat: Child labor is already here, there’s no going back.

[A smug plantation owner stands in front of a field with with two angry slaves]

Plantation owner: The Atlantic Slave trade is already here, there’s no going back.

Still Vreni on Bluesky

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago

In 2021, there were an estimated 50 million people living as slaves, and in 2013, there were an estimated 168 million children (aged 5-17) involved in child labor. These are the numbers I found off of Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_21st_century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour

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