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[-] Henkire@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

This isn't a meme. This is a fact. We've gone beyond Monopoly and its only getting worse.

[-] Buzgie@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

how is eight year olds working 12 hour days in factories six days out of the week worse than what we have now? it's bad sure but not nearly as bad as it used to be

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

how is eight year olds working 12 hour days in factories six days out of the week worse than what we have now

That still happens but it happens in parts of the world that are conveniently out of sight for the average imperial core citizen. Those same citizens are also generally fine with legalized slave labor in prisons.

Also, child labor is returning to the imperial core.

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172544561/new-state-laws-are-rolling-back-regulations-on-child-labor

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/12/child-labor-is-on-the-rise

(CW: animal cruelty)

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/17/underage-child-labor-working-slaughterhouse-investigation

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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