The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoA necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up11.54K
arrow-up11.54KimageA necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawedlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square94linkfedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up125·1 year agoAnd even that was a compromise from just working until you drop. People organized and died for the 40-hour workweek.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 year agoLiterally got on trains, headed into West Virginia, shot at each other, stormed machine gun pillboxes, and got bombed. If it weren’t for those people we’d still be in labor camps
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoPinkertons murdering workers at Carnegie Steel
minus-squareCatLikeLemminglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThe same Pinkertons that were sent after some guy who grabbed a few Magic the Gathering cards?
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoHe didn’t even grab them, he was sent the wrong box by the warehouse by mistake.
And even that was a compromise from just working until you drop. People organized and died for the 40-hour workweek.
Literally got on trains, headed into West Virginia, shot at each other, stormed machine gun pillboxes, and got bombed. If it weren’t for those people we’d still be in labor camps
Pinkertons murdering workers at Carnegie Steel
The same Pinkertons that were sent after some guy who grabbed a few Magic the Gathering cards?
He didn’t even grab them, he was sent the wrong box by the warehouse by mistake.