A significant amount of the hand harvesting includes forced labor.
I think this is key. If most of the harvest is not forced labor, then the cotton bot may just steal the least terrible employment opportunity from these people and they have to fall back on something more terrible. Then again it can maybe be marketed specifically to the places that use forced labor.
I think this is key. If most of the harvest is not forced labor, then the cotton bot may just steal the least terrible employment opportunity from these people and they have to fall back on something more terrible. Then again it can maybe be marketed specifically to the places that use forced labor.