• MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world
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    I started working construction when I was 15. I’m in my 30s and my body is broken, but like, I gotta eat right? Obviously this 14 yr old shouldn’t be working at a bar, and this is a symptom of a larger problem, but that’s SoCiAlIsM.

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      Except socialism is not directing your politics, capitalism is. When you have a lot of money lobbying politicians, corruption is inevitable. It even tells you in the article.

      The bills are backed by restaurant lobbying groups as part of a broader effort to loosen child labor laws “to cut labor costs and deregulate employment”, the report writes – at a time when child labor violations are on the rise across the country.

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        I think we are in agreement then. My socialism bit is just how the people around me see any type of regulation, regardless of their own interests.

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      When I see news like this I can only think that we are starting to see the end of our society as we know it. This is not progress in any way for the people, just for the powerful.

      To me when progress is not directed toward the people that means we fail as a civilization. Why are humans living in complex civilizations if not to put the effort of thriving in common, getting past survival and aiming to live in comfort?