> so-called child labor laws acts like a deranged preacher barking sermons of protection and virtue uh yeah? because children are the most vulnerable in our so

> so-called child labor laws acts like a deranged preacher barking sermons of protection and virtue uh yeah? because children are the most vulnerable in our society and need to be protected from people who are trying to exploit them? do you make this same argument for age of consent laws? > a baptism by fire that carved character out of raw-boned desperation and grueling sweat i prefer our current standards of living. i suspect that five-year-olds do too. > The system is a diabolical puppeteer, offering up a sanitized, sterile version of life yes, this is what progress looks like. instead of toiling in mines, our children can be children. > bereft of the hardened steel that labor forges citation needed.