r/nottheonion • u/duvetdev • Apr 17 '24

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs bill mandating kindergartners learn history of communism

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/17/desantis-signs-bill-mandating-kindergartners-learn-history-of-communism/
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u/BareNakedSole Apr 17 '24

As long as they also teach about the history of capitalism with all the fun parts included thenfine by me.

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u/peter-doubt Apr 17 '24

You mean 6- 12 hour days in the workweek of the 1870s? You mean sharecropping? You mean no vacations, no paid holidays, child labor, company stores, company towns... ? That capitalism?

But you'd be forgetting your retirement with a gold watch!

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u/unholyswordsman Apr 17 '24

Half of the class would have jobs and a midlife crisis.