I live a privileged life. When @taylorlorenz tweets that "we’re living in a late stage capitalist hellscape", I have a tendency to think that's hyperbolic.

Then I read an article like this one, describing large-scale human trafficking and forced labor for 12-year-olds, and say "Yep, that's about right."

(below is a sharing link that gets around the paywall)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html?unlocked_article_code=kvnU-y7_4ejAHcmphGtrCUKbWwib05s3pqiEx5LEADSDJiFhP5UEG-KXtztDXgiBwLXA5oHyc7feyknkhPSyrehaXe0ZXLV9h_PbYPFZXe_G7Zywp7VhDb5q9lNaP-ACQUZZxITEnP0fuP7EwIMYWFgWRsbSnpqC3k01aR_HgZUcJPSE20wuDpCcTGlvxcxcNkmwd9Xn-Ucm4jyAw3S8Fq5qt1PykLSpcsprVdENNi6bJhxM6mWzLlIxpTNX9W36whwtSU1PXkHCBpIaIwKV4Qnb6WuhauS-ABo06ov7k8blR4xFW26zDa1n8MW7Tu9ovPoRCbaByQKsgTzUp-x5Nehny40CpNt2Kva_OiLL0_me0A4evw&smid=url-share