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Yes, the 1800s… When it was perfectly legal to put newborn babies to work in the coal-mining sweat shops of South London

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sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Kids as young as 4 years old would be put to work, so it’s not that far off really.

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SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Not just legal but encouraged.

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- homes@piefed.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Encouraged by all the starvation and pestilence
  
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- boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They yearn for the mines after all
  
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  - SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I think it reminds them of the womb.
    
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