How is protecting a status quo not endorsing its consequences?

And I'm not deluded enough to think that global extreme poverty can be solved, but baring a miraculous shift in human nature, one of the very few ways to force changes on a international scale is combining providing less horrible options (I'm not deluded enough to think that something being mined in the US means there are zero consequences) with significant consequences for those who have the option to take them but elect not too.

Situations where you have an incentive to maintain a horrible situation for profit and no alternative to force groups to pursue instead are behind far too many atrocities for me to be okay with saying "it sucks but we can't fix it"