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Child labor was common in urban, industrial America for most of the country’s history. It’s now making a disturbing comeback: lawmakers across the US are undertaking concerted efforts to weaken or repeal statutes that prohibit employing children.

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[–] ArtZuron@beehaw.org 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's even for the same reason too. Children are easy to manipulate, and easier to exploit. They can be paid less, for longer time, and with less shits given for their wellbeing. Because, by nature, child labor is exploitative and inefficient.

Nowadays, it's being used as a bludgeon to prevent wages from increasing naturally, and even to reduce it artificially.

[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love how they want us to constantly buy and consume yet despise the idea of paying us money to actually be able to do so...

[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They would love to pay you company money to make sure you can only buy at the company store. Keep that money in their pockets going round and round.

[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

First child labor, next the company store, then Pinkerton 2.0

[–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

No take! Only give!

[–] HereticalDoughnut@beehaw.org 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this what making America great again looks like? A return to the 1920s? Can’t we bring back street cars instead?

[–] MechKit@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In a lot of ways we are closer to 80's cyberpunk, just with less neon and cool clothes. So maybe neon covered, flying street cars?

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The least out capitalist overlords could do is make the world a e s t h e t i c

[–] prole@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So I guess humans are doomed to repeat the same stupid mistakes over and over until the planet literally burns to a crisp. Very cool.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only a subset. Unfortunately they are doing their utmost to ensure they're the ones making the decisions.

[–] prole@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A subset of what? Humans? Mistakes?

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A subset of humans. Not everyone fails to learn from history.

[–] prole@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's enough of them to bring us all down with them

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

As someone once said. Time is a flat circle

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

We really need to outlaw this at a federal level.

[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Oh the Freedom.

[–] circularfish@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

The Dobbs v. Jackson Woman's Health decision is starting to make sense.

[–] CorvusNyx@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

We need to move beyond capitalism. What a miserable existence inflicted upon us who see no other way to live than by stepping on others - enough so they diminish the lives of children to be nothing more than tools. Honestly, every lawmaker who’s pushing for this deserves a good, strong punch to the mouth and then some. This constant push to hoard wealth and damn the consequences is killing us all.

[–] 0nyxee@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This is so sad. Kids should have the chance to be kids, not thrown into working early and taken advantage of.