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.

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.

  • prole
    27•2 years ago

    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
      12•2 years ago

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

          • prole
            2•2 years ago

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

  • @[email protected]
    30•2 years ago

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

    • MechKit
      6•2 years ago

      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?

  • ArtZuron
    43•2 years ago

    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.

  • Drusas
    13•2 years ago

    We really need to outlaw this at a federal level.

  • Corvus Nyx
    5•2 years 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.

  • @[email protected]
    2•2 years ago

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