• Phanlix@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Desperately poor people let it happen, and in this day and age have to let it happen. Meanwhile corpo fucking greed will take on anyone willing to work the shit wages those jobs offer.

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      1 year ago

      The problem is that cheap labor in the form of teenagers drives down the pay for adults. These people think that letting their teens work may bring extra income for the household, but what’s really happening is that they’re now competing with their kids for the same jobs.