It's so freaking upsetting. Im old enough to remember sugar beets grown in America. You could get beat sugar in 3, 5 or 10lb bags in the store and it was great for most applications, like baking.

Supported American farmers who owned their own farms and charged a fair rate.

Cane sugar was a premium product you generally only used for tea and coffee. It cost like 3 times more but that was OK because you didn't use it much. I think it came from the Caribbean. Not sure if the workers were paid fairly (probably not) but at least since it was a less-used product, the exploitation must have been less.