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[–]redditbegay 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

[–]IridescentAnaconda 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Of course I knew who it was even before I clicked on the link.

There's an important distinction being erased here. It is not oppressive for a child to do chores for her family or community. It is absolutely oppressive for a child to be sent to a factory to make some wealthy capitalist rich.

(I'm not anti-capitalist by any stretch, but I do know the difference between working for your family and working for somebody who doesn't give a flying fuck about you or your family.)

[–]Tarrock 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

[–]ExecuteHomophobes 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Charles Dickens was a piker. It's his fault I couldn't leave my abusive public school and get a job.