Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoRemember the good old days?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageRemember the good old days?slrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
This is what they want for me, you, and our children and wouldn’t hesitate a second to do it again provided the line goes up
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoMost of human history…hmm checks notes… since the invention of capitalism about 400 years ago, yes. Even serfs under feudal lords had significantly more free time and while basic child labor was common, it was mostly in family run farms.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoPre-industrial societies still expected children to work from young ages. And they would often switch to adult labour in their early teens.
Most of human history…hmm checks notes… since the invention of capitalism about 400 years ago, yes.
Even serfs under feudal lords had significantly more free time and while basic child labor was common, it was mostly in family run farms.
Pre-industrial societies still expected children to work from young ages. And they would often switch to adult labour in their early teens.