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In reply to the discussion: No root, No fruit. [View all]w0nderer
(1,937 posts)24. K&R this is what many people forget
it takes barely a generation or two
and people start saying
unions taking some of my paycheck..not fair
i may wanna start a company..not fair to tax or limit them
we need free capitalism...otherwise we can't compete
all those have forgotten the old days
of child workers with coal lungs
of child workers getting their hands stuck in weaving or spinning machines
of people being locked into a factory on fire and having to jump out from the third floor, die in the flames because the owner wanted to 'force them' to put the fire out
of company store and indebted work
of poor houses and work houses
those who forget history are doomed to re-live it
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Yes and the fire under the pot most of us are in will be turned up just a little more.
A Simple Game
Mar 2016
#10
"Plutocracy" (2015) documentary; history of US labor movements and suppression.
appalachiablue
Mar 2016
#5
They used to teach the history of the union movement in public schools.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2016
#20
They didn't teach it in my time in school but I knew where to learn about
appalachiablue
Mar 2016
#38
And the gop is working diligently to overturn child labor laws. What a bunch of dopes!
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2016
#9
And not to name names, but SOME Democrats want to create a "warm purple space" with them
Scootaloo
Mar 2016
#13
I remember that. Cause poor kids don't have enough to worry about...
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2016
#42
A customer of ours told stories about his father making him work in the mines as a child
Doremus
Mar 2016
#14
Now the powers that be have simply moved the forced child labor offshore.
highoverheadspace
Mar 2016
#18
Exploitation is the cornerstone of the Oligarchy that Clinton supports. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#21
As a teen, my father spent summers working in the coal mines of northeastern PA
LibDemAlways
Mar 2016
#31
Bernie Is The Only Antidote To Rampant DNC DWS DLC HRC Third-Way Corporatist Corruption
cantbeserious
Mar 2016
#36