First-term state Rep. Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, who sponsored the child labor measure and owns Smoothie King franchises across the Deep South, said he filed the bill in part because children want to work without having to take lunch breaks.

China’s revolution could be summarized as a war against the landlords. America’s revolution will be a war against the Franchise Owners.

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    5 months ago

    Why tf does any normal person live in Louisiana? I ask this as someone who came from a similarly miserable shithole. Yes, liberal areas are still hostile, but red states are literal hell with zero Medicare/Medicaid benefits.

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      5 months ago

      it’s not exactly easy for most people to just move hundreds of miles away from everyone and everything they’ve ever known

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        5 months ago

        I guess I’m biased because I came from an irredeemably hostile environment that had nothing worth staying for. The silver lining is that I don’t regret leaving. No support network > people who wanted me dead 🥳🎉