This nigger thinks there’s girls on the internet
It's '90s cartoon. I think it's Western, but the artstyle is anime-adjacent. In terms of production values, I have no idea if it holds up or not, but it was influential on environmentalists left and right who grew up during that era. The title character is a superhero that helps a multiracial band of children fight off evil industrialists. I recall what I've seen of it being very humane; there wasn't really a clearcut villain. Nobody dies at the end of the episode. It's about how we need to cooperate to save the planet or we're fucked (not in so many words).
"there really wasn't a clearcut villain"
Children are more replaceable. You can grow another 5-year-old in five years, so if one gets maimed in an accident it's not really a big deal, just throw it into the incinerator and get another one.
You hire children to fit in the tight spaces between the machinery, where a grown man can't go.
Midgets also serve this purpose but have the buff of adult intelligence so less child abuse/death.
It's a great thing Theodore Roosevelt was president and got rid of this.
Yeah that's... why I used yards instead of meters in a hypothetical about the futility of arguing against society only using the tools society gives you. Glad you caught that.
It used to be that children were extra hands around the farm, or another hand on the production line. That changed after the Gilded Age due to things like trade unions and labor reforms.
In most states child labor is still allowed in agriculture and fishing as long as they also go to school and don’t work over a certain amount of hours.
If you can eat you can shuck oysters.
I think I started this by accident! I brought up New York's violent crime statistics in response to Pajeet Patheaterkid saying violence is an artificial construct, and rape was my example of how he was being callous and retarded to victims of violence. Especially since he wants to let criminals out of prisons.
I know, I was talking about the times before compulsory schooling.
Yeah, I’m not for child labor but think there is a convo to be had about forcing 14-19 year olds who don’t want to be in high school and want to work to stay in high school and if that’s working for society because I don’t think it does. We need to stop framing a 4 year degree as a must have.
Not the person you were replying to but this sentence interested me. How is someone annoying you showing you they are on your side? Maybe you aren't actually annoyed and enjoy her company and are simply being sarcastic?
