> Well, I did say early on that such hypothetical discussions would feel off-topic in response to an article about an actual class-action lawsuit based on curre

> Well, I did say early on that such hypothetical discussions would feel off-topic in response to an article about an actual class-action lawsuit based on current law. Not off-topic as in verboten, but in the sense that such un-scoped discussions would probably be meandering and pointless. You are welcome to feel that way, but many disagree (I've had very many abstract discussions on HN less related than discrimination legal theory is to this article), so your opinion on irrelevance here is irrelevant. If you do not want to entertain any ideas which are not recapitulations of the content of the article and related sources / irrelevant facts about parties, dates, politics, etc., I cannot help. That being said, child labor should be clearly irrelevant here, as adults are considered citizens with full rights who can legally consent to a contract. Especially when young in this context can be 30 years old. I would gladly go into depth about alternative solutions to discrimination as a societal problem, which would be less in the category of thought crimes, if you are willing and able to entertain hypotheticals.