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I imagine the percent of people who know these telegram cables were made by children is a very low percentage.
by zoeysmithe 9mo ago
I imagine the percent of people who know these telegram cables were made by children is a very low percentage.
- fastball 9mo agoWhat difference does 10 years make when you are working in a shitty factory for peanuts?
- testdelacc1 9mo agoIs this a serious question? Then here’s a serious answer - the difference between employing a 9 year old and a 19 year old for a dangerous job is All the difference in the world.
- fastball 9mo agoDid you answer the question? Your answer to "how are they different?" was... "they're different". Children have been working in dangerous environments since the dawn of humanity. Genuinely interested in why you think the industrial revolution and X years old is where we should draw the line.
- fennecbutt 9mo agoBecause we reach a certain point where it's possible and reasonable to do so. The ultimate goal of humanity should be UBI and all humans living a content, peaceful life in which they can pursue the things that interest them. But because of evolutionary behaviours that result in things like capitalism, we'll never reach that goal. I'll say it now: humans are currently biologically incapable of sustaining a true utopia.
- fastball 9mo agoI still do not understand how this relates to child labor during the industrial revolution.
- Xss3 9mo agoI think their point is that most peoole aware of the time period know child labour in factories was prominent, especially thanks to Dickens and other authors, so most would guess or be unsurprised to find these cable factories employed children.
- nickdothutton 9mo agoThe number of people who know anything of history at all, even history of their own peoples, their own country, their own family, is "very low". Absent of course the "history" that Hollywood and other popular media pumps out.