A Boring Dystopia

9509 readers

458 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1252

A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

334 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This isn't "providing and opportunity". This is exploitation. Full stop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I had my own computer and car before I turned 18, and it felt empowering to have accomplished this on my own. You and I have drastically different views on what's exploitative. Full stop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I had my own computer and car before I turned 18

Child labor laws weren't meant to protect someone like you, they're meant to stop folks from sending their kids to work to pay their rent/mortgage/power/water. Kids should know that paying their parents bills is not ideal, and child labor laws are how we protect them. Without revealing too much about myself, my dad was one of [large number] of children, and they absolutely used those kids for labor at the family farm and were worse off for it. They grew up in poverty (on top of the physical abuse). Basically, these laws aren't supposed to stop young Timmy from buying a [insert gadget here], they're to stop Mom from pulling him out of school for an extra shift because she overdrew her bank account.

There's no way that kid is 13, by the way. Far too young for working the register at Culver's. At least they don't have him at the deep fryer. If the other comment I see in this thread is to be believed (the one that says this is a Manager's child and school was closed), it's probably not as nefarious as it seems. Republican states have been in the news fighting against child labor laws though, people are rightly outraged about that.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Does this child look even close to fucking 12 to you?? This ain’t a summer job either

Stupid fucking moron, go whiteknight for corporate somewhere else.

I had a summer job at 13yo and absolutely benefited, thus child labor = good and it’s totally not exploitative

That’s your braindead take.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

This ain’t a summer job either

It's not, it's a fundraiser.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Sounds like you could really use a hug Fades. I hope someone gives you that soon.