Do Americans have a responsibility to farmers, farm animals, and Third World laborers?
Absolutely! It may not be the popular thing to say today, but with worldwide power and success come worldwide responsibilities. Americans are definitely enjoying a unique position in the world today. We have access to “cheap” resources and “cheap” labor from Third-World countries. American-based corporations have taken advantage of lax environmental laws in Third World countries to run environmentally-damaging manufacturing plants and mining operations. And American consumers have enjoyed goods and services at relatively low prices compared to citizens of other countries. But as God reminds us in the Glorious Qur’an, and as history confirms to us, a position of power is often temporary. Leadership changes hands eventually. America has a historical opportunity to share its founding moral values with other parts of the world. Today represents a critical time for America to really make a lasting positive impact on the world. Americans have a choice today. We can choose to export liberty,
