You poor thing
Comment on FL wants more child labor
myrrh@ttrpg.network 5 weeks 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…
Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
el_muerte@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
… is this a boast or a cautionary tale? I really can’t tell…
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 weeks ago
…adults shouldn’t have to be earning money either; good luck with that…
100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 5 weeks ago
That’s the whole point, too bad you seem to be siding with the wealth hoarders
myrrh@ttrpg.network 5 weeks 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…