Pretty messed up that child labor is making a comeback in the US

I guess it’s not surprising given decades of attacks on workers’ rights, but I thought that with all the “protect the children” rhetoric, there wouldn’t be so much support for allowing 14-year-olds to work in factories or long hours. Of course that was empty rhetoric and only applies to wedge issues like book bans and keeping school bathrooms policed. A few headlines about “labor shortages” and it’s time for red states to start letting more and younger children work. These laws are mainly to protect immigrant children working in the fields and factories. It won’t be affluent white suburban kids doing this work. This is not about your after school gig.

The declining rate of profit and its consequences…

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jackrabbit10 · M

I had to quit school when i was 10 years old,my dad passed away,at that time no food stamps no well fair,,,I have worked all my life,,,,never homeless,never hungry

SW-User

@jackrabbit10 That's great that you've never been homeless or hungry. I don't want that for anyone. But having to start working at such a young age with no support is the exact problem that should be alleviated. Relaxing child labor laws isn't the answer.

jackrabbit10 · M

@SW-User I am 81 now,,i think children should learn to work,my first job was a milk truck delivery helper,,2 $ a day,,picking cotton 3 $ day sun up to sun down,

kids now live in there parents basement ,play games all day on the net,,

Gloomy · F

@jackrabbit10 [quote]i think children should learn to work [/quote]

No kids should get knowledge, be carefree and should at most help out their parents in the garden.

[quote]milk truck delivery helper,,2 $ a day,,picking cotton 3 $ day sun up to sun down,[/quote]

That is exploitative I'm very sorry for the loss of your father and the hardships you endured.

[quote]kids now live in there parents basement ,play games all day on the net[/quote]

That's just a strawman born out of typical generational conflict

jackrabbit10 · M

@Gloomy like your log in name,,,,

deadgerbil · 22-25

@jackrabbit10 society is coming to a place where kids can have a childhood to enjoy and to go to school, not to be stuck in a field picking cotton for asinine reasons

jackrabbit10 · M

@deadgerbil things have changed ,, 70 years ago,,kids were men,,, now men are women,,

deadgerbil · 22-25

@jackrabbit10 if you stayed in school instead of leaving at age 10, perhaps you'd know how to use commas

Gloomy · F

@jackrabbit10 kid is a gender neutral term and research and human decency shows that we shouldn't treat kids and teens as grown ups and that they deserve protection.

[quote]now men are women[/quote]

Why does anti-trans culture war argumentation find its way into every debate 🙄

jackrabbit10 · M

@deadgerbil no condoms needed,,

deadgerbil · 22-25

@jackrabbit10 I said commas, not condoms. You really need to take a literacy course or something bc this is ridiculous

jackrabbit10 · M

@Gloomy good talking,,I have to go cut some wood,so i can cook supper,,❤️

jackrabbit10 · M

@deadgerbil just funning witheee,,,,,