Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoRemember kids! This is what capitalism wants for us!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down110
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minus-squareahornsirup@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·1 month agoAlso Kids picking family farms is not “child labor.” Yes it fucking is. What the hell. What else would it be? The fact that it’s the parents directly exploiting their children does not make it better.
minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down17·1 month agoA corporation owning capital is hiring children to labor while they knowingly exploit them. A parent exploiting their children to work in a family plot is also a form of child labor but it is not the same. Nor is it capitalist Both are abusing children. Both deserve prison. But only one is capitalism.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoYou’re splitting hairs.
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Yes it fucking is. What the hell. What else would it be? The fact that it’s the parents directly exploiting their children does not make it better.
A corporation owning capital is hiring children to labor while they knowingly exploit them.
A parent exploiting their children to work in a family plot is also a form of child labor but it is not the same. Nor is it capitalist
Both are abusing children.
Both deserve prison.
But only one is capitalism.
You’re splitting hairs.