RE: Supporting Child Labour...
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Is the child an employee of some souless corporation?
It sounds to me like this kid is an entrepreneur who is starting his own business and who is taking care of that business.
I am not sure if I would consider that labor in the classic sense.
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Interesting point, I'd never even considered the entomology of the word 'Labour' - is it actually more Marxist in origin, something to dig into for me, cheers!
I looked up the etymology. The word has been around for centuries. In classical economics the word refers to physical effort.
The ngram of "labour" v. "labor" is interesting. The short spelling became more popular after the rise of the Labour Party.
Marx was seeking to start a revolution; so he sought to create conflicts between the "proletariat" that labored for a living and the bourgeoisie that owned things.
Is labour really in conflict with ownership? The kid owns a strimmer and offering a service.
I hope that he bought a better strimmer. The electrical trimmers have improved greatly in the last few years. The gas powered ones are being outlawed.
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I concluded labour didn't = exploitation.
I didn't here that about gas strimmers, maybe not in the UK!
Oops, I replied with the wrong account.
California issued a ban on all small motors in 2021. California is really large and is able to define the market; so I expect to see gas motors disappear in the Western US.
https://news.yahoo.com/california-law-bans-small-off-174600432.html
I am surprised that the EU and other governments haven't followed suit yet.
Whenever there is a chance to ban something, progressives around the world tend to march lock step with the ban.
They'll have trouble in Portugal with that one, I think!