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“Children wouldn’t work in factories if their parents didn’t think it was beneficial to them. Why should we take away that source of income for families that de
by mortenjorck 8y ago
“Children wouldn’t work in factories if their parents didn’t think it was beneficial to them. Why should we take away that source of income for families that desperately need it?”
- antidesitter 8y agoAre you saying these adults are children? If not, what's the point of this comparison?
- Falling3 8y ago> if their parents didn’t think it was beneficial Did you miss that bit? The point of the comparison is to highlight the obviously fallacious reasoning that underlies the idea that someone's participation in something means it's beneficial to them.
- antidesitter 8y ago> if their parents didn’t think it was beneficial Who are the "parents" in this case?
- sanderjd 8y agoI'm not the commenter you're replying to, but here's my interpretation: Elsewhere in this thread, the entire concept of employment regulation is called into question. The history of employment law goes back to child labor regulations. So if you reject all employment regulation, you also reject child labor regulation. This is a very fringe argument that is a nonstarter with basically everyone. If, on the other hand, you don't reject child labor regulations, then you accept the premise that employment regulation is sometimes necessary, and now we're just haggling over the details.
- CNJ7654 8y agoThose parents aren't acting in the children's best interests, and the children themselves aren't capable of understanding or consenting to the decisions being made. An adult can understand and consent to whatever work they want. They're free to dig their own grave if that is what they want to do