Ayup. We’re starting to get similar crap in Russia as well. Recently a law proposition was offered to Gosduma to permit children aged 14 or higher to work without the written consent of the child protection services.
Good question. I’d say it’s possible. The government has already pushed several unpopular acts - i.e. raising of the retirement age, monetisation of privileges (for the lack of a better term) for pensioners, introduction of “orthodoxy lessons” in schools, etc. If served properly (i.e. to prevent children from mucking about and getting into drugs and politics) I can kind of see it being popular. Not to mention the possibility of selling it to children themselves as an act of independence.
If served properly (i.e. to prevent children from mucking about and getting into drugs and politics) I can kind of see it being popular. Not to mention the possibility of selling it to children themselves as an act of independence.
Hey now! Drugs cost money! What better way to earn that money legitimately than to engage in child labour?
Ayup. We’re starting to get similar crap in Russia as well. Recently a law proposition was offered to Gosduma to permit children aged 14 or higher to work without the written consent of the child protection services.
Does it seem likely to become an actual law?
Good question. I’d say it’s possible. The government has already pushed several unpopular acts - i.e. raising of the retirement age, monetisation of privileges (for the lack of a better term) for pensioners, introduction of “orthodoxy lessons” in schools, etc. If served properly (i.e. to prevent children from mucking about and getting into drugs and politics) I can kind of see it being popular. Not to mention the possibility of selling it to children themselves as an act of independence.
Hey now! Drugs cost money! What better way to earn that money legitimately than to engage in child labour?