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