Comments by "oolong2" (@oolong2) on "HORRIFIC Child Labor Practices In Dangerous Meatpacking Facility" video.

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  11. ​@@Wow2wow2wow I read two articles on the topic and they both said what I already knew. That the company was fined for hiring underaged workers and the company claims they misrepresented their age, that it wasn't their policy and that the people involved were fired. Now if you have a source that contains actual evidence on their alleged "abuse of workers" then please share it. Otherwise I can only go based on what I know. --"So you think capitalism is exploitive but also the people being exploited are responsible for their exploitation?" I think we're all exploited, but that doesn't change the reality of what I said. Nor does it automatically make a company evil for offering to pay people for work. We're all participating in this system and we're not going to magically change it anytime soon. However in this case you're making up "abuse" and "exploitation" just to make your points seem more valid. --"what you're suggesting is literally not an alternative, it is the current status quo." I'm trying to figure out the best outcome given the situation. You're suggesting that it's okay to send families into poverty as long as it matches your ideals. --"You have spent this entire conversation unironically ignoring anything that isn't let these kids keep working." I have spent this entire conversation asking what is best for these families given the situation. You have spent the entire conversation not really giving a crap. Literally saying that it's better for them to be unemployed without even caring what they think. --" Especially when that company dropped them on a dime when the investigation began." What do you expect them to do exactly? They got in trouble for people hiring immigrants they aren't allowed to hire. Should they keep those people employed and get shut down by the government? --"Poverty is being poor and being poor is poverty. Just separating the two with some text doesn't separate them as concepts." They are separate concepts. I suggest you look into that, and the poverty rate for immigrants is more than double that for US citizens. It's something to consider when you think about casually firing people without providing an alternative.
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