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> Would you rather have your 15 year old sit home all day playing video games or get a real life job where they could learn a few valuable skills ? The issue m
by kelseyfrog 3y ago
> Would you rather have your 15 year old sit home all day playing video games or get a real life job where they could learn a few valuable skills ?
The issue most people take with this is that it compares the best outcome of one version with the worst version of the other. If we want to compare the worst outcomes then we should be talking about the difference between children idling playing video games versus children being exploited in workplaces.
- candiodari 3y agoYou can just as well say: Would you rather have parents force 12 year olds to clean slaughterhouse floors at night, to make ends meet (oh and this happens partly because child labor of course also depresses parents' wages, so let's please not blame the parents immediately), or would you have them study one day out of 10 because the games really bore them?