• flandish@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    because if it involves a profit motive it involves exploitation inherent in this motive. to apply that exploitation to a service that provides care for children would mean there is a nonzero chance the place is not prioritizing child care and safety over profit.

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      6 hours ago

      I mean, I get that. As I said, it’s the surprise that confuses me. I understand “ugh, why are we putting profit in _____”. It’s that someone would go “whoah, hold on, people are running daycares for money?”

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      7 hours ago

      Literally every paid daycare has a profit motive. The issue you take is with scale, not motive.