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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.

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[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They would love to pay you company money to make sure you can only buy at the company store. Keep that money in their pockets going round and round.

[–] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

First child labor, next the company store, then Pinkerton 2.0