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Re:Without parental leave I might be dead by xibalba on Monday November 15, 2021 @11:25PM (#29236832)
> So most governments, even the American ones, give grants and support to new companies to prop them up

To what grants, specifically, are you referring? As someone who is active in the business formation space in the U.S., I’d absolutely love to get some free capital.

Humans have been giving birth since the very beginning. The phenomenon of insisting companies fund child birth is a brand new idea. As in, only the last 30 or so years. Societies have arisen and persisted since long, long before then. How is it that all of humanity managed this long without paid family leave?

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Re:Without parental leave I might be dead by emodendroket on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @05:58PM (#29247338)
Well for one thing contraception methods were less effective and the wage labor relation didn't exist or was wildly different for most of that time.
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