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"Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pormal (i.e., Pownal) Cotton Mill. Vt." by Lewis Hine, 1912-13. "Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and new would 'stay.'" E. F. Brown - Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-01830913) Public domain.
Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust
April 9, 2015
What is with the anti-children political agenda going on across the country?
What do Republicans have against children? Why do they push laws to force women to have children then pass laws to harm those children, and not just at the state level but at the national level as well, by cutting funds for education, food stamps, health care, and anything else of social value?
To have witnessed a revolting fist-pumping celebration by a New Mexican Republican legislator for his victory over third-graders who arent ready to learn to read by 3rd grade was an eye-opener. If someone had told me adults would celebrate such a victory I wouldnt have believed it -- but I saw it with my own eyes!
At the moment, 3rd grade retention is an iconic right-wing red-meat political issue, part of a larger strategy to privatize public education nationally. Public schools in Kansas are closing early because of a $51 million funding short-fall caused by the Governors budget cuts and tax breaks for businesses that themselves caused a $1 billion shortfall in state revenues.
Children be damned -- we won! Yea Us! Remember Hitlers little dance at the fall of Paris?
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On Edit: Way cool story about the life of the girl in the photo, Addie Card: http://www.morningsonmaplestreet.com/addiesearch1.html
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Children And Society As Fair Game | Emanuele Corso (Original Post)
Tace
Apr 2015
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Demeter
(85,373 posts)1. Republicans today just hate people
It's a wonder they can reproduce...without rape or other forms of force. I suppose the mind-slavery of religion...but the women! They are just as bad, if not worse!
I try to leave them alone (Republicans) : )
fasttense
(17,301 posts)2. Children are made for factories and factories
Are made for children. A popular quote from 1890 to 1910. That's what we are going back to.
In capitalism, everyone and every thing is fair game. If a capitalist can exploit it for cheap labor or profit, you can bet he will try. Turning the education of our children into just another profit center for a rich man, is how capitalism rolls.
To keep from turning every important function into a profit center, you are going to have to change your economic system.
Tace
(6,803 posts)4. Way Cool Story About The Life Of That Girl In The Photo, Addie Card