Re:Wild bidding wars erupt at used-tractor auctions across t...
by dehrmann on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:03PM
(#29222793)
> The older strategy is for a farm to be no bigger than a single family can handle
The problem with this is it works because it's socially acceptable unpaid child labor. I do think that there's value to the work ethic it can build, but I also worry about overwork, how it sacrifices education, and how it encourages larger families where all the kids end up being disadvantaged as adults.
The problem with this is it works because it's socially acceptable unpaid child labor. I do think that there's value to the work ethic it can build, but I also worry about overwork, how it sacrifices education, and how it encourages larger families where all the kids end up being disadvantaged as adults.