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OnlinePoker

(5,727 posts) Mon Jun 15, 2015, 02:28 PM Jun 2015

A sad picture from Indonesia

2 boys going off to school pass 5 boys (same age) going off to work.

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A sad picture from Indonesia (Original Post) OnlinePoker Jun 2015 OP

really sad. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #1

The future looks bad for their country. procon Jun 2015 #3

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you! Maedhros Jun 2015 #2

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

1. really sad.

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2015, 03:08 PM

Jun 2015

procon

(15,805 posts)

3. The future looks bad for their country.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 15, 2015, 04:00 PM

Jun 2015

Sure, the rich capitalists are exploiting everything they can reach and keeping most of the unfortunate people in that poor country in thrall as cheap laborers to make themselves somewhat richer, but in the long term Indonesia will be the biggest loser. The world is moving into a new age of high tech where automation and robotics that will soon replace human workers. Without an educated and skilled workforce what does the country do with entire population of unemployable, hungry, angry and illiterate manual laborers?

Maedhros

(10,007 posts)

2. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2015, 03:22 PM

Jun 2015

Child labor laws hamper the Invisible Hand.

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