https://web.archive.org/web/20201107113226/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/06/child-labour-doesnt-have-to-be-exploitation-it-gave-me-life-skills

    • GravenImage [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Today, contrary to popular belief, most child labourers are employed by their parents

      the third world is owned by fascists: (thanks to /r/LabourUK for this link) https://twitter.com/BadStairlift/status/1325019606235361281

      https://old.reddit.com/r/LabourUK/comments/jpo901/child_labour_doesnt_have_to_be_exploitation_it/

    • camaron28 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'm pretty sure that proverb doesn't mean "child labour is cool and good."

    • proonjooce [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      What the fuck are 'life skills' anyway its such a meaningless and misleading term.

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Putting children to work must be seen in a local context

    For example, is there a profitable cobalt mine in the vicinity owned by Microsoft?

  • Woly [any]
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    4 years ago

    "Ahhh, yes," I replied, sipping on my monocle-flavored martini, "but have you considered that every bad thing might actually be a good thing?"

  • OgdenTO [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    "how is anyone supposed to tell the difference between doing a child doing chores at home and a child forced to work in slave conditions to make products for multinationals to profit from?"

    • GravenImage [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      a child forced to work in slave conditions to make products for multinationals to profit from

      The company she works for implements USAID programs in Malawi which have turned it into the country with the highest % of farmland growing tobacco. It's a greenwashing front for big tobacco firms, and the Guardian should be ashamed to print this stuff.

      https://twitter.com/BadStairlift/status/1325019606235361281

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Legalizing child-labor would make it easier to rape and molest kids in workplaces (think of the misconduct and harassment adults already suffer), so I get why the Epsteins of the world want it.

  • goldsound [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Fucking Ron Swanson over here.

    That Gates Foundation tag is just... chef's kiss.

  • Dumpster_fire_pants [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    There is a lot to be said (Obama voice) in the strength of the child (Pelosi cuts in) and let me just say, we're capitalists