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Necessity trumps any sort of "but parents care too much about their kids". Parents all over the globe care about their kids, but many of them put their kids to
by Sakos 3y ago
Necessity trumps any sort of "but parents care too much about their kids". Parents all over the globe care about their kids, but many of them put their kids to work because it's what's necessary to keep the family fed and housed. It's no different in the US, especially with how the labor market and prices look with recent inflation.
- analognoise 3y ago“Necessary”? It’s so weird people think that the system “must” work like this, that there are no alternatives. “All those kids had to go to work” - 5 families have more wealth than 50% of Americans combined, but somebody’s kid needs to work in a meat packing plant? The system doesn’t need to work like this.
- Sakos 3y agoI absolutely don't think the system should work this way. But people will send their kids to work if the money is needed to keep the family afloat. And the families who have to do this aren't thinking about the wealthy, they're more concerned with being able to afford their home and put food on their table. They're not thinking about how the system should be, they're thinking about how it is now and how to cope with it.