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theLonelyBinary t1_j96a34j wrote

Reply to comment by gregorydgraham in Child labor in the United States costs $15,138 per child. by VoE_Monkey_Overlord

Not to my knowledge. Or at least not the way they do regulations here.

I think they're imagining something more hands on and intensive... more like how PDs sometimes get federal oversight through something like a consent decree. Except, I guess, without the company's consent...like jail is for individuals.

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TheRealJulesAMJ t1_j95lkmj wrote

Reply to comment by DJWGibson in U.S. envoy apologizes for suggesting Afghan women may need 'Black Girl Magic' by TheAmazingRaspberry

And for those who need to hear it because a lifetime of neoliberal propaganda has them thinking caring for themselves is self indulgent because if it's not comodifiable and marketable it's a waste of your time

Audre Lorde: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

And just in case we still have doubters, here's how Ralph Waldo Emerson put it “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

Now please go forth and work on the greatest accomplishment/ act of political warfare of your life. Be the human magic we all need to truly be free within ourselves, remind people it's possible by being the change we need and wish to see in the world

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imafraidofmuricans t1_j95eru4 wrote

Reply to comment by ChrisFromIT in Child labor in the United States costs $15,138 per child. by VoE_Monkey_Overlord

>If you make it double the amount of profit they brought it, that is a good way to pretty much shutdown the business.

Oh no.
Anyway.

Ib4 "the people who just let it happen will lose their jobs". Well, dont you believe in the free market and that another company will appear and fill the niche? Besides, if they were employing children they probably weren't that good of an employer to the adults.

We can compromise and nationalize them instead. Or, if you want to keep things "small government" we can forcefully redistribute ownership to the employees.

Any fine less than potential loss of everything will literally just be a cost of doing business. Something you cover with insurance.

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generic_edgelord t1_j95cb2v wrote

Reply to comment by Shot-Spray5935 in Child labor in the United States costs $15,138 per child. by VoE_Monkey_Overlord

Its region locked so i cant read it but my assumption is its effectively a learning cost, the inexpirienced kid is going to accidentally make mistakes which forces you to start over on the entire piece which costs you manhours and material to start over again

but you also cant become good at your job without first being the inexpirienced kid that fucks up and learns from his/her mistakes so somebody inevitably has to foot the bill

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