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A Boring Dystopia

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[โ€“] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

but is that related to infrastructure or wages?

[โ€“] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

They lack a social safety net for retirees, so children take care of them in their old age. Children are also a source of wage labor. We're already softening up on child labor here in the USA to address the labor "shortage".