• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    And even that was a compromise from just working until you drop. People organized and died for the 40-hour workweek.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      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

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        4 months ago

        The same Pinkertons that were sent after some guy who grabbed a few Magic the Gathering cards?