• SSNs4evr@leminal.space
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    4 days ago

    Well, this is America, and parents are free to make those kind of choices. My children will not be working those fields (especially considering they’re in VA). As always, the poor and their children will be the most exploited in this endeavor, but considering these same people are orange voters, I really only feel bad for the children.

    “The beatings will continue, until morale improves.”

    Or the poor stop letting themselves be taken advantage of, and the not so poor, but poorly educated or informed, graduate to better informing themselves. All the information is available out there. People simply need to open their eyes and consume it, instead of being told what to think from a talking head on tv.

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      3 days ago

      It’s incumbent upon every member of society to protect the weakest and most powerless, or else you are complicit in wielding the boot.

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        It is an unfortunate situation in that half the people who voted in the US, specifically voted against protecting the weakest and most powerless. Many of themselves ARE part of that group, but don’t want help because it would also help other people.

        At this point, those who DO want to protect the weakest and most powerless, are themselves powerless to help.

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        3 days ago

        And don’t forget the importance in supporting our institutions, the ones that DOGE is working hard to kill.