Earlier generations had to fight like hell to pass child labor laws in order to protect children from the overreaching claws of unfettered capital. And if we have to do it again, we will. nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opini…

Opinion | The Dangerous Race to Put More Children to Work

States are rolling back basic labor protections, in defiance of federal standards.

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Apr 18, 2023 · 8:28 AM UTC

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Imagine preventing immigration as much as possible so your children have more opportunities to work in the mines.
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It's simply unacceptable. #ANewBeginning
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It's not unfettered capital, it is just capitalism. The pursuit of profit will always birth exploitation. Under capitalism, capital dictates US society, hence why you're talking about child labor laws AGAIN.
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They pushed for child labor laws because it was competition for union labor. Children were already coming out of the workforce due to the increased wealth produced through capitalism. They had previously gone from working on farms to working in factories.
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Yawn 🥱. She will be endorsing Biden soon...
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Child labor? Isn't that more of a communist problem?
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Is school not laborious?
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The children yearn for the mines
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Capitalism is always driven to crises by its internal conflicts, it demands skilled workers - needing children in education and training for a long time, while also demanding child labour to drive down wage prices. Such a system cannot survive, let alone make life better.
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I see the RW whackjobs and the Blue Maga stormtroopers are out in force in this thread.
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