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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish173•15 hours agoThose already have a name - company town. They failed the last time they were tried and will fail again.
minus-square@Keeponstalinlink6•7 hours agoAmerica is truly going back to its roots. American towns, ethnic cleansing of native populations, all that’s missing is chattel slavery (of course we still got that modern slavery). This crumbling empire deserves to collapse, and collapse quickly The Un-American, yet totally American | Company Towns
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 hours agoIt’s more insidious than that: https://piped.wireway.ch/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no%3Fsi%3Dfev-OzgZmzcUfsPW&t=1
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish104•14 hours agoBut before they failed, they stole a ton of labor/profit from the residents.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•13 hours agoI mean, they can only steal so much / so quickly WITHOUT building them…
minus-square@Maggotylink12•11 hours agoThey didn’t just fail on their own. They were very successful until the labor movement decided to meet violence with violence.
minus-square@Keeponstalinlink6•edit-27 hours agoNow that’s a tradition I wouldn’t mind we go back to, seems like the only way we ever got labor protections in this country
minus-squareGrool The DemonlinkEnglish6•12 hours agoAnd what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•13 hours agoI’m always torn between this version and the Johnny Cash one.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 hours agoAsk Appalachia about company towns. Folks here at least ought to know better.
Those already have a name - company town.
They failed the last time they were tried and will fail again.
America is truly going back to its roots. American towns, ethnic cleansing of native populations, all that’s missing is chattel slavery (of course we still got that modern slavery). This crumbling empire deserves to collapse, and collapse quickly
The Un-American, yet totally American | Company Towns
It’s more insidious than that:
https://piped.wireway.ch/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no%3Fsi%3Dfev-OzgZmzcUfsPW&t=1
But before they failed, they stole a ton of labor/profit from the residents.
Right. They worked very well for the companies!
I mean, they can only steal so much / so quickly WITHOUT building them…
They didn’t just fail on their own. They were very successful until the labor movement decided to meet violence with violence.
Now that’s a tradition I wouldn’t mind we go back to, seems like the only way we ever got labor protections in this country
You load sixteen tons 🎶
And what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt…
I’m always torn between this version and the Johnny Cash one.
Ask Appalachia about company towns. Folks here at least ought to know better.