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The Cost of Cobalt in the Congo
The shadows of the late 19th century system that forced Congolese people into deadly labor are still alive in the DRC. If you completely take over the territory where they live with big mining operations and displace them, thousands of people used to live there. And so now you've got this enormous labor force of people desperate to survive who will work for that dollar a day.