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That still happens but it happens in parts of the world that are conveniently out of sight for the average imperial core citizen. Those same citizens are also generally fine with legalized slave labor in prisons.
Also, child labor is returning to the imperial core.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172544561/new-state-laws-are-rolling-back-regulations-on-child-labor
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/12/child-labor-is-on-the-rise
(CW: animal cruelty)
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/17/underage-child-labor-working-slaughterhouse-investigation