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I for one support child labor and recognize that people cannot be lifted out of poverty by fiat. Children working along side their parents means these families
by ancap 10y ago
I for one support child labor and recognize that people cannot be lifted out of poverty by fiat. Children working along side their parents means these families can eat, and trying to legislate that away only prolongs and exasperates their poverty.
Every advanced economy started with child labor and other, from our perspective, deplorable conditions. The people must be able to gain enough capital first, before children can go to school, adults can have higher level jobs and enjoy other similar benefits of an advanced economy. But getting there is not a matter of outlawing child labor, instituting a minimum wage or other notions some have for "helping" the poor.
- RankingMember 10y agoInteresting perspective, but I'd drop that "I for one support child labor" opening line, as I suspect most won't read/listen to anything you say after that. I disagree that child labor is some kind of necessity to a nation developing its economy, but I will agree that legislation regarding it should be carefully considered.
- jon-wood 10y ago> The people must be able to gain enough capital first, before children can go to school, adults can have higher level jobs and enjoy other similar benefits of an advanced economy. Why? So that we don't have to give up a small amount the relative luxury we live in to help fund people who had the misfortune to be born in the wrong part of the world? If everyone would just get over themselves we could fairly easily fund decent living standards for everyone without first requiring people to rent out their children.
- ancap 10y agoSeveral decades of African aid has demonstrated that is a lot easier said than done.