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If I remember correctly, part of the reason this was exposed was because teachers noticed student falling asleep in class and having chemical burns.

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:doomer:

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Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 2023

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So conservatives want people to start working at 13 and stop working at 70, got it

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20 points

the people who own means of production want slaves, yes

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and stop working at 70

That’s optimistic

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13 points

That’s their current goal, a few years from now they’ll probably want it at 74 and that’ll be the same as the average life expectancy then

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18 points

Is Nebraska a province in North Korea?

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Clearly not; the DPRK has labor laws

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18 points

what were they being paid? surely they will be paid as much as the adults atleast :lenin-sure:

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13 points

they were paid as much as adults who have to compete with children, but then their pay was docked because they need stairs to reach stuff

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9 points

They were paid in exposure (to diseases and industrial chemicals)

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