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FL wants more child labor (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Because the existing workforce keeps getting deported.

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[-] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 64 points 6 days ago

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

[-] IMALlama@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I was born in the 80s. I had a paper route at 13 so I could buy an OG PlayStation. Definitely not crazy shift work, but I wonder how a 13 year old could find employment for some spending money these days.

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 6 points 6 days ago

...born in the seventies, i was working by fifth grade and overnight by high school; longest shift i ever pulled was twenty-six hours without a break...

...kids born in the eighties enjoyed nineties child labor laws, which were kind of a mixed blessing: less exploitation but also less opportunities to earn money...

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago

Kids shouldn't have to be earning money. We are more than a cog in some capitalist's machine. Productivity has massively increased and instead of demanding the gains of that increase we bemoan the loss of "opportunities".

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 5 points 6 days ago

...adults shouldn't have to be earning money either; good luck with that...

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 12 points 5 days ago

That's the whole point, too bad you seem to be siding with the wealth hoarders

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

...siding?..i do what i must to survive but, if that comes across as advocating for serfdom, you're inferring something i certainly didn't imply...

...working as a kid afforded me toys, books, tapes, and musical instruments; working as an adult afforded me f*cking rent and insurance premiums...

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 5 days ago

All things you could have been provided with if your country had had functioning welfare and education systems

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

You poor thing

[-] el_muerte@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

... is this a boast or a cautionary tale? I really can't tell...

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