• LycanGalen@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    A couple hundred hears ago, children were losing life and limb working 12 hour shifts in factories and mines. This is not a great example of how things were superior in “the good old days” - and also a perfect example of why we should be weary when anyone, ourselves included, speak of how the past was a better time.

    • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      I never claimed the past was superior. Forcing kids to grow up early is not a good thing. But saying kids mature quickly today is ridiculous.