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A necessary reminder that our work/life structure is flawed (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter
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[–] [email protected] 128 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pinkertons murdering workers at Carnegie Steel

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

He didn't even grab them, he was sent the wrong box by the warehouse by mistake.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure Nintendo has made use of the Pinkertons as well.