The Child Labor of Early Capitalism Is Making a Big Comeback in the US

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The Child Labor of Early Capitalism Is Making a Big Comeback in the US
jacobin.com

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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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.

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

A subset of what? Humans? Mistakes?

A subset of humans. Not everyone fails to learn from history.

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

As someone once said. Time is a flat circle