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A Boring Dystopia

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Because the existing workforce keeps getting deported.

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[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 282 points 1 week ago (30 children)
[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 181 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 140 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Keep protesting American products please. It actually will help. If trump is losing the US money, he will be reigned in.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)

But will the reining in end the reign?

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago

This is what happens when your government loves business more than people. Do not feed the corporations. They will do this to you too.

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[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 137 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Why the hell would you want children working overnight on school nights?

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 139 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“Worst thing a fruit picker can learn is that they don’t have to be a fruit picker.” - Big Fruit

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

Even worse, that they’re the ones generating the money.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So they drop/fail out of school. An uneducated labor force is a cheap labor force.

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

An Uneducated Labor Force also ensure those laborers can't compete for better positions, or demand better conditions.

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 123 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oh. Ok, Florida, see you guys are really taking the dystopia thing pretty damn seriously

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 week ago

They watched cyberpunk: edgerunners and got really inspired by the wrong things.

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[–] regrub@lemmy.world 118 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 73 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm not against letting teenagers work as long as there are protections. Removing guaranteed meals and overnight work? Nah.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If they’re removing these protections for teens what are they doing to the rights of adult employees?

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[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Dodged the bullet by being born in the 80s. We played Atari and Nintendo after school, then bicycle patrol around neighborhood

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 68 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So they gonna get the right to vote? Cause if they are going to be treated as adult they should get vote.

Let's also decrease liquor and smokes to 8 while we are at it.

Also remove child support cause they are grown up to get their own jobs and health insurance.

/s

f these people.

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago (7 children)

lol not even allowed a meal break. Can’t keep them healthy and energised for the job! 🤣

What a shithole America is becoming

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 55 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The US is regressing more and more. I refuse to call it a first world country at this point.

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"First world" etc are political terms relating to Cold War allegiance.

What you mean is "developed country" and there are good arguments that the US has never fully fitted that label. You'd have people coming from "developing countries" to the US and realize that infrastructure and social security there is way worse than in their home country.

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[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sorry kids, you're not old enough for a lunch break.

It builds character. Malnourishment is character.

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[–] Kalon@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I imagine this will work well with the school to prison pipeline.

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[–] Sakprosa@lemm.ee 44 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Deport workers and fill their positions with literal children. That’s an insane proposition that will only hurt the vulnerable and favour those willing to use them…

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[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These will be a majority of white kids, right? Riiiight?

Ducking dystopia.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Oddly, it very well may be, considering that any “not white “people who show up to get job jobs will be deported just because they’re not white.

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[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Here I was thinking this was satire. Then I actually searched it up (source: CNN) and wtf?!

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[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)

That guaranteed meal break should be extended, not rolled back. After 4 hours every worker should have a 30 minute break to eat. It's not just humane, it's common sense that fed people work better. Even if you exclude the 30 minutes from their hours, which I bet was already what was going on.

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[–] Ghosthacked@lemm.ee 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Conservative agenda:

Put young males to work until they're old enough to enlist.

Get young girls married and popping out babies as young as possible.

Don't think they aren't eyeing up little 13 year olds.

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[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Cool so USA is importing everything ~~I~~ it had exported to third world countries.

  • Authoritarian dictatorial leadership ✔️
  • Child exploiting sweatshop ✔️

What's next USA?

Edit: Came here to add

  • Detention without due process ✔️
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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We don’t want them getting spoiled on their graveyard shifts with meal breaks

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[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago

Americans: End abortion!

World: Oh, are you worried about what your gods might think?

Americans: Huh? Nope. I just needs that there little fucker flippin' muh burgers. I aint 'spected ta do it muhself.

[–] BowlingForBowls@lemmy.today 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 25 points 1 week ago (8 children)
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Guys who wrote this bill probably: "The children yearn for the mines."

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago

This is where calling universal school lunches privileged leads to

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