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A community featuring uplifting and wholesome news stories that overlook deeply ingrained systemic problems.

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1. Your post must be an unironic presentation of a wholesome story, but one that overlooks systemic failures that made the story possible in the first place. In other words, we want posts that highlight "Yay, the problem is solved!", but ignore "Wait, why was this a problem in the first place?" at the same time.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They could expand child labor to early 1900s levels.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Don't worry, Republicans are making that a reality.

But in the past two years, child labor laws have entered the crosshairs of some lawmakers. At least 10 states have introduced or passed legislation loosening child labor protections, including New Hampshire. Now, Granite State children as young as 14 can work around alcohol and 16-year-olds can work an almost 40-hour week.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And then make feel good stories about how a child working in the mines pays for his dad's cancer medicine? Nah that is only this decade's stuff