Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by gedpeck 527 days ago
There is also precedent for child labor and slavery in the U.S. Societies are far more complex now and the administration and governance of them are correspondingly more complex.
1 comments

> Societies are far more complex now

Exactly: we have a superior moral compass. Complexities of society aside, other comments rightfully point out that sales tax has a higher burden the lower the income.