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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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[–] prole@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] prole@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A subset of what? Humans? Mistakes?

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] prole@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

As someone once said. Time is a flat circle