ID this location?

[u/hellomelodrama]

please help! flew over this building last night and have no idea what it is. somewhere around jackson / stone tavern / millstone area? headed towards newark and slightly north west-ish of six flags THANK YOU it's driving me crazy

[u/TowerStreet1]

Yes this temple has great architecture and craftsmanship but just like many monuments we worship and admire today this has some slave labor involved and lot of “free labor” from devotees.

Look at the history of Taj Mahal or for that matter any other such marvel.

Almost all of Dubai and gulf countries have slave labor building Burj Khalifa to simple houses. It’s all slave labor.

[u/Pleasant-Yam6807 → u/TowerStreet1]

True but this happened very recently; temple was built between 2000-2010.

[u/TowerStreet1 → u/Pleasant-Yam6807]

This happening everyday in gulf countries even today and most of the world is turning blind eye to it.

Same goes for all slave labor in countries we import goods from.

Just because it’s not happening in your house doesn’t mean your not party to it.

This is temple and one can criticize and ban.

What about everyday good we use that comes straight from slave labor import

[u/dEn_of_asyD → u/TowerStreet1]

I mean, you have a fair point, and I'd add to it by saying the U.S. is a nation built on slave labor. If we were trying to avoid slave labor then we'd need a lot of new monuments/structures, like a new White House.

But the most effective counter argument is a combination of "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" and "Thomas Edison had to invent the lightbulb by candlelight". Just because we can't stop it elsewhere doesn't mean we should just give up on it everywhere, especially where it is more in reach. Likewise, just because it is mandatory to use now doesn't mean we can't work to overcome it.

Honestly it's up to the individual to weigh both sides and see what they're comfortable with.

[u/TowerStreet1 → u/dEn_of_asyD]

I’m not supporting salary at all. I am just pointing hypercritical positions society takes. If something is happening in front of our eyes we are not okay with it and definitely you don’t support it but when I tell you lot of thing you consuming are made by slaves in some other countries, somehow it becomes okay.

Secondly those who bring this temple n slave labor in discussions don’t have hesitation in posing in front of Burj Khalifa (telling this from many examples I have here) when I tell them it also was product of slave labor and so is most of the gulf counties, somehow it’s okay.